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dictionary of the swatow dialect.
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  • sang733185
  • To abridge; to correct and expunge; to edit and settle a text; to reject, as an account.
sang tīo cêk cho̤h;
to cut out a portion.
lēng-ūaⁿ sang kói;
to alter and erase.
sang tó̤ cē;
shorten by erasure.
sang-kíam;
abridge.
sang chûn jîeh cōi?
Having expunged a part, how much remains?
  • sáng131006
  • The increase of any thing; productions; spent; gone.
kuang ke tŏng-sáng;
the estate is wholly spent.
cía sĭ i kò̤ chut sáng kâi;
this is one of the productions of the place where he lives.
  • sáng98610410
  • Thin; lean; poor.
ún cí kò̤ kâi thô-tī sáng căi;
the soil here is very poor.
m̄ pûi m̄ sáng;
neither very fertile nor very poor.
cîah lâi sáng-sò;
has grown very thin.
i kâi nâng nĕ sáng-sáng;
he is very thin indeed.
  • sàng7341043
  • Rupture of the bowels or hernia; pain from hernia.
i tì kâi sàng-khì pēⁿ;
he has a stricture.
cúi sàng;
hydrocele.
  • sàng725309
  • To lose; to fail of getting; bereft of; out of mind, forgotten; to destroy.
híam-híam sàng seⁿ-mīaⁿ;
came very near losing his life.
i kâi lîang-sim sàng cĭn;
he has lost all conscience.
hûiⁿ thâu, sàng khì;
hang the head and look spiritless.
kiaⁿ kàu mâng hûn, sàng táⁿ;
so scared as to be reft of all wit and courage.
  • sàng8321626
  • To accompany; to wait on; to see a guest out; to send a present; to give.
sàng i chut mn̂g;
accompany him a little way from the door when he takes his departure.
sàng kîaⁿ;
to escort politely.
sie sàng;
exchange of presents.
sàng hue-hún;
make wedding presents.
sù cē, m̄ sàng;
excuse me from going out to see you off.
sàng lō hùi;
make a present to be applied to travelling expenses.
sàng lói-mûeh;
send gifts appropriate to the occasion.
sĭ sàng cúi-lói a sĭ sàng kang-lói?
Did the present consist of articles or of money?
sŭn huang siang sáng;
may you have a fair wind.
sàng sŭn huang;
accompany one starting on a voyage.
cía sĭ sàng nêk khṳ̀ cĭeⁿ tiam;
this is going with the meat to the chopping block.
sàng khṳt lṳ́;
make you a present of it.
sàng phīⁿ;
to blow the nose with the fingers.

sap

  • sap81814
  • To cut up in fine particles; the noise of cutting.
sap chang cu;
prepare onion-tops for the table.
i kâi to̤ lō sêk căi;
he handles his knife with dexterity, cutting downward rapidly and incessantly.
thiaⁿ-kìⁿ sap-sap-kìe;
heard the sound of slicing something soft and crisp.
màiⁿ sap tîeh chíu;
do not cut your hand in slicing downward.
sue-sap;
grown old; an appearance of neglect and poverty in the person; a falling off in personal strength and comeliness.
thóiⁿ tîeh kâi hêng-sîn sue-sap;
appears unusually aged.
  • sap721242
  • A contraction of saⁿ-câp, thirty.
sap gūa;
over thirty.
sap-it;
thirty one.

sau

  • sau7451377
  • A boat, used as a dwelling place for a family.
sau-kong, sau-phûa;
an old man and woman of the class that live in boats.
sau kíaⁿ;
the children of boat people.
  • sau745757
  • A tapering leafless branch; a switch.
cí ki bô̤ búe-sau;
this branch has no long twig at the end.
hṳ́ ki kâi búe-sau cū ŵn-chŵn;
the end of that branch is perfect.
  • sau745647
  • To reject what is bad or useless.
hṳ̂-búe kio i sau tó̤ cē;
cut off more of the tail of the fish.
hṳ́ thâu khah tn̂g;
there is too much of the head remaining on the fish, take off a piece.
  • sàu7953012
  • An expulsion of breath expressive of languor or discomfort.
khăm-sàu;
a long-drawn audible expiration.
i kâi khăm-sàu keh ku-ā koiⁿ chù ŏi thiaⁿ-kìⁿ;
his yawns can be heard several houses distant.
i kâi khí-îeh hó̤ căi, i tàⁿ khăm-sàu cêk siaⁿ, khí cū ka-lâuh;
his tooth-powder is excellent, and he says one has but to give one grunt and the tooth drops out.
  • sàu7293011
  • A cough; to hack, to cough.
ka-sàu pēⁿ;
a persistent cough.
ka-sàu îeh;
cough medicine.
kang sàu;
a dry cough.
thâm sàu;
to cough and raise phlegm.
chẃn sàu;
cough till panting ensues.
sáu kàu cīeⁿ kuaⁿ tap m̄ tîeh ĕ khùi;
cough as if to break one's self in two.
khăm-sàu cò̤ hō̤;
give the signal by a slight cough.