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Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.

tōa, kâi sòi;

one is large and the other small.
cí kâi hó̤ a hṳ́ kâi hó̤?
Which is he better of the two?
nŏ̤ kâi tī kâi tōa?
Which of the two is the larger.
ŭ kâi nâng tŏ̤;
there is a person there.
cía kâi thâu kâi, hṳ́ kâi jī kâi, hṳ́ kâi tŏiⁿ saⁿ kâi;
this one is the first one, that the second, and the other the third.
u kúi kâi kíaⁿ?
How many children have you?
cí peh kâi ngṳ̂n jîeh tăng?
How heavy is this hundred dollars?
sĭ lŭn ngṳ̂n kâi, a sĭ lŭn ngṳ̂n níe?
Is it to be reckoned in dollars, or in taels?
úa àiⁿ ìuⁿ-ìuⁿ kâi kâi;
I want a very fine one.
thóiⁿ tîeh kâi kâi hó̤;
they appear to me to be every one of them good.
lṳ́ kâi kâi to àiⁿ;
you want every one of them.
bô̤ kâi m̄ pat;
there is not one that he does not know.
kio i ūaⁿ kâi;
the one exchanged with him.
chit kâi poih sĭ ngŏ-câp-lâk;
seven times eight are fifty six.
ŭ saⁿ nŏ̤ kâi tīaⁿ;
have only two or three.
m̄ cai i àiⁿ tī-kâi;
do not know which one he wants.
bô̤ pùaⁿ kâi;
there are none at all.
khîeh ke kâi pûaⁿ lâi;
bring another plate.
tàⁿ lâi ŭ kâi tŏ̤-lí;
what he says has reason in it.
chŵn bô̤ kâi īeⁿ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
there is no such thing.
cò̤ kâi hō̤;
make a mark.
ūe kâi kho;
draw a circle.
sía saⁿ kâi jī;
write three letters.
cêk jît kuí kâi sî-sîn?
How many hours in a day?
ŭ kâi chàu kaⁿ-cap bī;
some have the flavor of an orange.
ŭ kâi phang bī;
has a fragrant odor.
khîeh kâi kìaⁿ lâi íam;
take a magnifying glass and look through it.
kùaⁿ kâi mâk-kìaⁿ;
wore spectacles.
ŭ kâi nâng-kheh lâi;
a guest has come.
phah kâi chíu-cak;
make a finger ring.
lṳ́ chēng kúi kâi saⁿ?
How many tunics do you wear?
khîeh kâi puah khṳ̀ chō̤;
take a pot to put it in.
úa ŭ kâi tíaⁿ-kíaⁿ hó̤ chá;
I have a small iron pan to fry it in.
pât kâi, úa lí màiⁿ;
any other, is not what I want.
àiⁿ cí kâi;
I want this one.
kâi phīⁿ tōa-tōa kâi;
a very large nose.
m̄ sĭ cí kâi, sĭ hṳ́ kâi;
it is not this one, it is that one.
khui kâi mn̂g;
made a door there.
aǹg kâi jît-thâu hìeⁿ tōa;
as large as the sun.
àng kâi húe-hun-cûn hìeⁿ tn̂g;
as long as a steam-boat.
i àiⁿ mih kâi?
What does he want?
ŭ kâi ŭ, ŭ kâi bô̤;
some have them, and some have not.
sĭ tī cêk kâi?
Which one is it?
tŏ̤ mn̂g kha ŭ kâi nâng tó̤ khĭa;
a man was standing by the door.
  • kâi933303
  • With; together with; for.
úa kâi lṳ́ tàⁿ;
I will tell you about it.
úa kâi lṳ́ cò̤ kàu hó̤-hó̤;
I will do it nicely for you.
lṳ́ kâi úa pâk hó̤;
you tie it for me.
hàm i tîeh kâi úa cṳ́-sòi cò̤;
tell him he must make it painstakingly for me.
  • kâi42391
  • A letter whose shape is used as descriptive of other objects.
kâi jī líu;
the weeping willow.
kâi jī tek;
the drooping bamboo.

kak

  • kak410757
  • The long narrow slats that are laid in roofs.
pâi êⁿ tèng kak;
lay the beams and nail on the slats.
cêk tîo kak;
one of the narrow boards on which roof tiles are laid.
kak àiⁿ cò̤ poih hun kău kâi;
I want roof slats that are eight tenths of an inch in thickness.
  • kak45311510
  • Grains, corn, cereals.
ngŏ-kak cú; ngŏ-kak bó̤;
the god of grain.
ngŏ-kak hong-lông;
the grains are abundant.
  • kak4091480
  • A horn; a corner; a point; an angle; a protuberance.
sì kak cŏ̤ sì nâng;
four persons sat at the four corners.
i kâi kak ciam-ciam;
its angles are very sharp.
cêk kak bûn-cṳ;
an official dispatch.
chù-kak-thâu;
a gable.
gú-kak, îeⁿ-kak, têk-kak;
cow's, ram's, and deer's horns.
sai-kak;
rhinoceros horn.
lêng-îang kak;
stags' horns.
mêng-kak;
white horn.
nŏ̤ kâi kak chie-chie;
wide spreading horns.
kak pèⁿ;
horn handles.
saⁿ-kak;
triangular.
sì-kak;
quadrangular.
ngŏ-kak;
pentangular.
siu pàng hṳ́ cêk kak;
put them over in that corner.
thiⁿ piⁿ, hái kak;
the ends of the earth.
châng kak;
the corner of a field.
màiⁿ cŭang tîeh íⁿ kak;
do not run against the corner of the chair.
àiⁿ cò̤ poih kak a lâk kak?
Do you want it made eight or six sided?
poih-kak;
the star anise, a spice.
keng, siang, kak, tí, ú, sĭ ngô im;
the five tones of musical instruments.
sîa mâk kak thóiⁿ i;
looked at him out of the corner of her eyes.
i sĭ kio i cīeⁿ jît ŭ kháu kak;
the other day they were bickering
  • kak41014713
  • To notice; to feel; to bring to light.
put cai put kak cū lâi;
came when none were aware.
úa cn̂g kâi m̄ cai m̄ kak;
I was wholly unaware.
hṳ́ kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ hwt kak lío;
that affair has come to light.
hía sĭ úa sit kak chak;
it I who was oblivious.
phû khí lâi kak cí phiaⁿ-lî kò̤ oĭ thìaⁿ;
when it comes on the pain is right here in the ribs.
cía sĭ bô̤ cai-kak kâi mûeh-kĭaⁿ;
this is a thing without sensibility.
cṳ̆ kak ŭ se-su khùn-kw̆n;
am conscious of feeling rather languid.
cía sĭ kak sì kâi ūe;
these are words to enlighten the world.
put kak cū kàu;
came unexpectedly.