Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/toah

by Adele Marion Fielde

toah

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• To shout at; to scold.

toah chái;

to applaud.

toah i kîaⁿ khui;

tell him to get out of the way.

toah cŭ i;

make them stop by reprimanding them.

u u toah toah;

to nag and scold.

cē toah i, i cĭu m̄ káⁿ;

if you would reprimand him, he would not dare do it.

toah lĕng cìe-seⁿ cò̤;

set him on to do so.

toah káu m̄ chut mn̂g;

weather that a dog would not go out in.

ṳ o̤ toah tău!

Clear the way there!

toah mn̄g;

crossly question.

hé toah;

shout at threateningly.