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dictionary of the swatow dialect.
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worth a cash.

tâk ŭ kúi kâi ngṳn̂;
worth several dollars.
hía tâk ío ke, cía tâk ío cìe;
that is worth more than this is.
lṳ́ thóiⁿ tâk a m̄ tâk?
Do you think it worth that?
úa thóiⁿ li sît căi kham tâk;
consider it really worth its price.
cía tâk bô̤ cîⁿ-thih kâi mûeh-kĭaⁿ;
this is not worth a copper.
koi-n̆ng ío tâk ŭ lâk kâi cîⁿ;
to have borne you is of loss benefit than to lay an egg, for a egg is worth six cash.
  • tâk917536
  • To calculate; to estimate; to reckon.
chúi chêng tâk lí; chúi-tâk chêng-lí;
to think out the correct method.
tîeh lĭang-tâk ka-kī kâi lâk cìaⁿ hó̤ cò̤;
must make a correct estimate of your own strength before beginning the job.
khuah káu m̄ hó chek-tâk;
so wide that it cannot bo measured.
lĭang jîp tâk chut;
reckon the income and the outlays.
  • tâk971627
  • To take up in order; successively.
lṳ́ hó̤ tâk î tâk jī tàⁿ úa thiaⁿ;
you take up the heads one by one in their order and recite them to me.
tâk kâ tâk kâi to kìⁿ cheng-chó̤ lío;
they are all recoi'ded, in their order.
sìo, tâk jît sǹg;
reckon the accounts, as taken day by day.
  • tâk922804
  • Noxious, poisonous, hurtful, destructive, baneful, malevolent; a poison, a virus, a baneful exudation.
i kâi sim tâk căi;
his feelings are very malicious.
ak-tâk;
malignant.
íⁿ tâk kong tâk;
counteract one poison with another.
cía mīaⁿ-ùaⁿ;
this case is one in which a person has poisoned himself in order to unjustly implicate another in a charge of murder, it is not a real case of murder.
hôk-tâk;
suicide by poisoning.
cía cìⁿ sĭ cìm tâk îeh kâi: īa sĭ khṳt cía tâk cìⁿ sīa tîeh cū sí;
this arrow is one that has been sleeped in poison: if you are hit by a poisoned arrow you will die.
put jím hĭa tâk-chíu;
cannot endure the thought of such a destructive act.
pńg sĭ àiⁿ tâk sí káu, tì kàu tâk sí tîeh nâng;
meant to poison a dog, and eventually poisoned a person.
i kâi tâk-khì cē hwt cū o̤h ui;
if once the poison takes effect it is difficult to counteract it.
seⁿ tâk mûeh;
has scrofulous or syphilitic ulcers.
cûa ŭ kâi tâk, ŭ kâi bŏi;
some serpents are poisonous, and some are not.
tâk kùe sí-cûa;
more poisonous than a viper.
tîeh ēng ngṳ̂n-khì lâi kehh tīo i kâi tâk hueh;
must use a silver instrument to scrape off the poisoned blood.
lap tîeh tâk;
poisoned by
syphilitic virus.
cíkâi ŏi kói-sú tâk;
this is an antidote to poison.
i in-ūi tòng tâk tì-kàu sàng sèⁿ-mīaⁿ;
she lost her life through having been inoculated with a poisonous virus.
i sĭ hó̤ ì a sĭ tâk ì?
Are his designs good or bad?
kam-cháu ŏi kói peh tâk;
liquorice is an antidote to all sorts of poisons.
kim-ngṳ̂n-hue lêk-tāu sĭ ŏi sio tâk kâi mûeh;
honeysuckles and peas will dissipate poison that is in the system.
tâk thâng;
poisonous reptiles.
ngó tâk;
all sorts of poisonous creatures.

tam

  • tam8506413
  • To bear, to sustain, to un ertake, to be responsible for, to offer security.
úa kio lṳ́ tam-pó̤;
I will go bail for you.
ŭ sĭm-mih sṳ̄ sĭ úa tam jīn;
whatever happens I will be responsible it.
i tam-sim căi;
he is terribly apprehensive.
tam-sêng;
to guarantee; to warrant; to insure.
i m̄ káⁿ tam-sêng, úa cū káⁿ tam-sêng;
if he will not venture to guarantee it, then I will.
tī-tîang káⁿ tam-tng cía sṳ̄?
Who dare undertake this?
ŭ sṳ̄ úa tam-tài;
if any trouble comes out of it, I will take the responsibility.
lṳ́ màiⁿ tam-tāⁿ úa;
do not you fail to fulfill the appointment; do not disappoint me.
tam chî, bô̤ tam-gō;
may be delayed, but shall not fail altogether in carrying out the arrangement.
cièⁿ-seⁿ sǹg sĭ khṳt i tam-gō khṳ̀;
it seems that we have depended on him to our cost; he has apparently failed to carry out his part in the plan.
ŏi cò̤-nî, i tam-sêng căi tit phû?
If anything happens, how can he sustain the responsibility he has assumed?
cí kâi tam-sêng m̄ phû, tîeh chíaⁿ kâi tam-sêng tit phû kâi lâi tam-sêng;
this one is not one who can stand as security against loss to us, and we must ask some one who is competent to do so to guarantee it.
  • tam8491584
  • To obstruct; to prevent.
tam-ko̤h;
to retard; to delay.
chíaⁿ kio i tam-ko̤h māng cē;
please slow off a little.
tam-gō;
to thwart by delay, to put off.
tam-gō kàu kùe sî-hāu;
procrastinated till the time for it had passed.
tam-ĭen ke kúi jît;
put off for a few days longer.
kio i tam cē, màiⁿ khah méⁿ;
retard it a little, do not do it too rapidly.
  • tàm1214019
  • To dip and wet, as a pen in ink.
bâk cúi màiⁿ tàm khah lông;
do not take to much ink in your pen.
pit tîeh lêng-ūaⁿ tàm ke cêk ē bâk;
you must dip your pen in the ink once more.
cúa khin-khin lô̤h khṳ̀ tàm cē