dictionary of the swatow dialect.
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- 凸thó892174
- To bulge; protuberant.
- mâk thó-thó;
- protruding eyes.
- i kâi tó-câi thó chut lâi;
- he has rupture at the navel.
- i kâi mâk sĭ thó-cu, m̄ hó̤ ui;
- his eye has an extruded lens, an is incurable.
- ŭ kò̤ thó chut li pó kò̤ nap jîp;
- the places where it bulges out will make up for those where it juts in.
- 兔thò920106
- A hare or rabbit.
- phah cêk ciah thò;
- shot a hare.
- i sĭ sìe thò kâi;
- he was born in the year of the hare.
- thò hâu;
- the hair of the rabbit, used for fine pencils or brushes.
- 吐thò920303
- To vomit; to disgorge; to spit out; to disclose; to tell all.
- cīeⁿ li thò, ĕ li sìa;
- vomiting and purging simultaneously.
- sĭ cŏ-jîen cū thò sìa kâi;
- a sudden attack of vomiting with diarrhea.
- cîah lô̤h khṳ̀ cū thò chut lâi;
- threw it up as soon as he had taken it.
- cîh thò kàu tn̂g-tn̂g chut lâi;
- run your tongue out as far as possible.
- úa thiaⁿ i sĭ pùaⁿ thun pùaⁿ thò kâi ūe;
- I think he kept back a part, and told a part.
- hía ūe thun-thun thò-thò m̄ sĭ tît-tît cū tàⁿ;
- that is concealing some of the facts and disclosing others, it is not telling a straight-forward story.
- i hó̤-hó̤ sĭ-sĭ cò̤ ŏi áu-thò?
- How is it that he gags and vomits when there is no unusual cause for it?
- thò hueh;
- bleed at the lungs.
- thò kàu kŭa táⁿ chut lâi;
- threw up bile.
- phīⁿ tîeh cū thò;
- the smell of it makes me vomit.
- i m̄ khéng thò cin chêng;
- he is unwilling to disclose the real state of the case.
- ūe-ūe thó;
- retch and vomit.
- cí īeⁿ îeh ŏi cí thò;
- this medicine will stop the vomiting.
- i kâi cîⁿ cîah m̄ lô̤h lêng-ūaⁿ thò chut lâi hâiⁿ nâng;
- he could not make way with the money, and so disgorged and returned it.
- cang îeh kẁn i thò;
- take medicine to produce vomiting.
- àiⁿ thò bŏi thò;
- am nauseated but cannot vomit.
- 塗thô9183210
- Earth; soil; mud; clods; dirt.
- tàⁿ thô;
- to carry earth in baskets slung at the ends of a pole over the shoulder.
- chîeⁿ sĭ thô chîeⁿ;
- the wall is a mud wall.
- co̤h thô sîaⁿ;
- build amud village.
- thôu ûi;
- an enclosing wall made of earth.
- thô khò;
- a cellar.
- thô kang;
- a sexton; to work in earth.
- bói kúi sin thô ang-kíaⁿ khṳt a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ hùe thit-thô̤;
- buy some clay dolls for the children to play with.
- líu cĕ suaⁿ thô lâi tĭen hó̤ a sĭ líu hái thô̤ lâi tĭen hó̤?
- Shall I dig the earth to fill it in with from the hills or from the shore?
- cía suaⁿ kâi thô-sek hó̤;
- the soil on these hills appears good.
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- cí kò̤ kâi thô kien-jŭn căi;
- the soil here is very mellow.
- thô-láng;
- artificial mill-stones, made of earth, and used in hulling rice.
- 送thō8321626
- To send forward by the pressure of a liquid.
- thō îeh-îⁿ, àiⁿ cang sĭm-mûeh thō?
- What shall I take after the pills to send them down?
- cá-sîn li cang tăⁿ-ĭam-thng thō;
- when I took them before I rinsed them down with water that had been boiled and salted.
- ēng kieⁿ-thng thō;
- take ginger-tea to send it down with.
- chong cho̤h nêk-chò̤-thng lâi thō pn̄g;
- make some broth to assist the rice in its course down the gullet.
thoa
- 拖thoa911645
- To drag along; to haul after one; to pull along by the hand.
- i sĭ khṳt i thoa-lŭi tîeh kâi;
- she became involved in it through him.
- i kâi ūe tàⁿ lío thoa nî tòa cúi;
- he drags the subject of his speech through mud and water; he has a very turgid and verbose style of walking.
- cêk ē khah tn̂g thoa-thoa tâh-tâh, to m̄-hó̤;
- if it be too long it draggles on the ground and gets under foot and is very troublesome.
- tṳ tó̤ thoa sim-mûeh?
- What is the pig trailing after him?
- 帶thòa846508
- To take along with one; to bring at the same time.
- lṳ́ ín-thòa i khṳ̀ tī kò̤?
- Whither are you leading him?
- ŭ nâng ín-thòa i khṳ̀;
- some one is conducting him away.
- thòa-lîen-l̆ui tîeh pât nâng;
- implicate others.
- thòa chíu khîeh lâi;
- bring it along when you come.
- cí cêk thòa kâi chù lóng-cóng i kâi;
- all these dwellings are his.
- thòa tàⁿ ke kúi taⁿ lâi;
- while you are about it bring a few more carries.
- cûn àiⁿ lâi li kŭa hía hùe-mûeh thòa cài lâi;
- when the boat is coming bring those goods along in it.
thoaⁿ
- 耨thóaⁿ91812710
- To weed; to clear grounds of grass.
- thóaⁿ cháu;
- pull up the weeds.
- cháu thóaⁿ cheng-khih lío;
- the weeds are all pulled.
- 檀thô̤aⁿ8547513
- Tough hard wood, resembling rosewood.
- thôaⁿ-hieⁿ;
- sandal wood.
thoah
- 揩thoah362649
- To rub or grate an article on something below it.
- thoah tīo i kâi phûe;
- grate off its rind.
- saⁿ khṳt i thoah phùa khṳ̀;
- he has rubbed a hole through the garment in scrubbing it on the
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