Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/tiak

by Adele Marion Fielde

— tiak —

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• To sound the knocker; to rap with the knocker on a door.

tiak mn̂g;

knock at a door.

màiⁿ tiak khah tōa ē;

do not rap too loudly.

thiaⁿ-kìⁿ mn̂g tīak-tīak-kìe;

heard a knocking at the door.

hṳ́ kháu kâi mn̂g tī-tîang lí-kẃn tiak;

somebody is knocking away at the outside door.

• 捶tiak100648
• To torture by beating.

i kâi ūe cē lô̤h tó̤, cū lîah lô̤h khṳ̀ tiak nŏ̤ peh ē;

if he fails to tell the thing correctly, they seize him and beat him two hundred blows.

cêh nâng tiak cêk peh ē, cek̂ nâng tiak sì-câp ē;

one was beaten a hundred, and the other forty blows.

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• To draw in the breath.

tiak cîh;

to smack the lips.

o̤-ló̤ kàu tiak cîh;

lauds it with audible smacking of the lips.