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dictionary of the swatow dialect.
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hook and hook it fast.
- nêk khṳ̀ tìo-pàng kau tèng;
- hang the meat on the hook.
- pâk kâi kau hó̤ tìo mûeh;
- fasten up a hook to hang things on.
- hṳ̂ cē cîah jī cū khṳt i kau kín tŏ̤ kò̤;
- when the fish takes the bait; he is hooked fast on it.
- kau chut lâi;
- hook it out.
- kau hĭⁿ;
- dig the wax out of the ear-passages.
- kau kàu hṳ́ tói-tói kò̤;
- dig down to the bottom with the hook.
- sie kau;
- hooked together.
- kau-kau lîen-lîen;
- interlinked.
- nău kau tàu so̤h;
- set a trap of hooks and ropes to lasso something.
- i kâi jī ngía căi, ngṳ̂n kau, thih ûeh;
- his letters are well made, with sharp curves and bold strokes.
- chieⁿ nêk tèng ŭ kâi kau;
- at the end of the spear there was a hook.
- khṳt kau tah kín tŏ̤ kò̤, bŏi tit chut;
- it is hooked on tightly so it will not come off.
- hĭⁿ-kau;
- an ear-ring of a hooked shape.
- kau-lêng;
- the dragon of thickets and morasses; a salamander.
- kau-lêng pw̆n tīo tĭ-hng;
- a dragon overturned the land.
- tang thiⁿ-sî khṳ̀ chim suaⁿ tèng líu tīo kau-lêng nn̆g;
- go in winter to the recesses of the mountains and dig up dragon's eggs.
- kau-lêng sĭ sĭang lĭ-hāi kâi mùeh;
- the land dragon is a most destructive creature.
- kau-lêng n̆ng tōa kâi ŭ kio chō̤ cêk nŏ̤ cîeh cúi kâi àng hìeⁿ tōa;
- a large sized egg of a land dragon is as large as a jar that will hold one or two firkins of water.
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- A ditch; a drain; a sewer; a gutter.
- cúi kau sak khṳ̀; khîeh ki mûeh khù thn̄g i thong;
- the drain is clogged, get something and poke it open.
- kau lō pê thong-thong, lô̤h tōa hŏ cìaⁿ bŏi cĭeⁿ cúi ;
- rake the drain free from obstructions, and then when there is a heavy rain it will not overflow.
- cí cho̤h châng múa-tī-kò kâi kau-khut chim, cúi ŭaⁿ to m̄ ùi ;
- in these fields hereabouts the ditches and ponds are deep, and there is no fear of danger from drought.
- cí kò̤ ŭ cêk tîo kau thàng kùe khṳ̀;
- there is a ditch running through here from one side to the other.
- sái kau-kíaⁿ;
- a sewer.
- tōa sái kau;
- main sewer.
- kîaⁿ cêk mêⁿ bô̤ sái kau;
- feet so big that she would not step in the gutter if walking at night.
- àm kau;
- a covered drain.
- 羔kau3251234
- A lamb; a kid.
- o-cí-kau phûe-bé-kùa cêk kâi ēng jìeh cōi ngṳ̂n?
- How much does a riding jacket of naturally black lamb skin cost?
- pêh kau phûe;
- white lambskin.
- o kau phûe;
- black lambskin.
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- kho káu khṳ̀ ciah;
- call the dog to its food.
- káu tó̤ pui;
- the dog is barking.
- suaⁿ káu;
- wild dogs.
- sío káu;
- a mad dog.
- bô̤ cú kâi káu;
- a dog without a master.
- hái-káu;
- seals.
- hái-káu sĭen hó̤ cò̤ îeh;
- the kindeys of seals are good for medicine.
- káu hó̤ cíeⁿ mn̂g;
- dogs are good to guard the house.
- lâh káu;
- hunting dogs.
- cí cîah káu hó̤ phah lâh;
- this dog is a good hunter.
- káu-choiⁿ káu-peh káu-câp-káu;
- nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine.
- káu-káu poih-câp-cêk;
- nine times nine are eighty-one.
- m̄ kẃn i saⁿ-káu jī-câp-chit;
- pay no attention to his reckoning.
- káu gûeh chiu káu kíe-cò̤ chông-îang-coih;
- the ninth day of the ninth month is called the autumnal festival.
- káu kui kâi sǹg huap;
- the rules of arithmetic.
- káu kui káu tṳ̂ káu káu poih-câp-it kui tṳ̂;
- whether you divide by nine, or subtract nine times, there are nine nines in eighty-one.
- cò̤ káu nâng pun;
- divide it equally among nine persons.
- kuaⁿ hun-cò̤ káu pín;
- officials are divided into nine grades.
- cih cò̤ káu sîaⁿ;
- received nine tenths of it.
- thóiⁿ tîeh kàu káu sîaⁿ chiⁿ;
- it appears to me that about nine tenths of it is untainted.
- káu hun hó̤;
- nine parts in ten are good.
- káu kūiⁿ;
- the nine districts.
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- Dry; withered; desire gone.
- cìeⁿ-sî cîah lâi kâi mĭn sek ko-káu;
- his face is very thin lately.
- ko-káu;
- attenuated; forlorn looking.
- sía lâi kâi pit ûeh khah ko-káu;
- the strokes in the writing are too fine and thin.
- 枸杞káu-kí329
- The barberry.
- káu-kí cí;
- the seeds of the Berberis lycium, used as a febrifuge.
- káu-kí chài;
- a plant whose leaves are edible, and are used as greens.
- lì ke choiⁿ lí màiⁿ cîah káu-kí;
- when a thousand miles from home, one should not eat barberry preserves.
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- Wily, tricky, crafty.
- kang-káu;
- tricky.
- káu-kût;
- wily.
- tàⁿ ūe to sĭ kang-kang káu-káu;
- he is very cunning in his speech.
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- A revolving wind.
- káu-kâⁿ-huang;
- a whirl-wind, which carries the dust on high: the people say the gods use such for ascending and descending.
- khṳt cêk cūn káu-kâⁿ huang lâi kàu, cū lóng-lóng khṳt i chue tīo khṳ̀;
- if a
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