Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/thun

by Adele Marion Fielde

thun

• 呑thun929304
• To swallow; to swallow up.

khah tōa kò̤ thun m̄ lô̤h;

it is so large I cannot swallow it.

i sĭ thun kim sí khṳ̀;

he killed himself by swallowing gold-leaf.

cò̤ tōa chùi thun lô̤h khṳ̀;

swallow it down at one gulp.

pùaⁿ thun pùaⁿ thò;

told one half and kept back the rest.

cêk ē thun mûeh âu-lêng cu(illegible text) thìaⁿ;

whenever I swallow anything it hurts my throat.

kâm tīaⁿ màiⁿ thun lô̤h khṳ̀;

hold it in your mouth but do not swallow it.

i sĭ àiⁿ thun cîah i;

he is going to devour it.

cìeⁿ-seⁿ būe lă khṳ̂t i thun khṳ̀;

there is not enough to satisfy his rapacity.

míen ùn chò, ka-n̂ng thun;

swallow it whole, without dipping it in vinegar.

hía cṳ-cheh cò̤-nî chîp, chîp kàu ùn chò hó̤ thun;

that book is so dog-eared than you might dip it in vinegar and swallow it.

i jím khì thun siaⁿ kú lío;

he has silently endured obloquy a long time.

thóiⁿ tîeh tó̤ thun nŭaⁿ;

seeing it makes his month water.

kak kok tó̤ sie thun-pìaⁿ, tōa li thun-pìaⁿ sòi, khîang li thun-pìaⁿ jîak;

the different states seize upon and swallow up each other, the great swallow up the small, and the strong the weak.

i lún kàu cêk chùi hueh cū thun lô̤h khṳ̀;

he endured till the limit of endurance was reached.

thun lío kéⁿ tŏ̤ âu-lêng;

stuck in his throat as he swalloed it.

khṳt i hio-thun ŭ nŏ̤ peh ngṳ̂n khṳ̀;

lost two hundred dollars through him.

• 迍邅thûn-cien103
• Unable to go on; baffled.

cía sǹg sĭ i kâi mīaⁿ-ūn thûn-cien;

this is surely an adverse fate.

• 屯thûn929451
• The beginning of growth; to collect together; to being under one control; a place where soldiers live; a resident camp.

móng kò̤ thûn ŭ piaⁿ mē?

Are there any soldiers colonized in that place?

kak chù kâi ìo-kháu to thûn ŭ piaⁿ-bé tŏ̤-kò̤;

the important passes everywhere have a resident military force there.

hṳ́ kò̤ kâi piaⁿ thûn ŭ jîeh cōi?

How many military colonists are settled there?

cía châng soiⁿ-cá sĭ thûn châng;

these fields were formerly alloted to resident soldiers who tilled them.

thûn châng só̤ lâp kâi nîe kìe-cò̤ thûn co;

the revenue received from the tax on land tilled by resident troops is called the rent from such land.

hái-îeⁿ kūi ŭ kâi thûn-pâng, sĭ cwn lí thún-co kâi sṳ̄;

the Hai Ie district yamun has a department whose sole business is the rental of fields alloted to resident troops.

• 煤thûn585869
• The soot or cinders from fire.

tíaⁿ khîeh khṳ̀ kueh tīo húe-thûn;

take the kettle and go and scrape off the soot.

in-tâng kâi húe-thûn kău căi;

the chimney is thick with soot.

• 塡thūn8983210
• To fill with earth; to level the earth by filling holes.

thūn thô;

to fill in with mud.

cí kâi khut àiⁿ thūu kàu pêⁿ;

will fill this pit and make it level.

hái-phîaⁿ thūn cò̤ tī;

make land by filling in a portion of mud flat.

cíaⁿ ce(illegible text)ⁿ bô̤ ēng, tîeh thūn ti(illegible text)o lío lêng-ūaⁿ lío kâi;

this well is of no use, we must fill it up and dig another.

thô īa m̄ taⁿ tīo cū ùi thūn-sak tîeh kau-lō;

if you do not carry away this earth there is danger that it will fill up and obstruct the drain.

thūn kàu i múaⁿ-múaⁿ khí lâi;

fill it in quite to the top.

cang cîeh lâi thūn;

fill it in with stones.