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dictionary of the swatow dialect.
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who bet.

lîah i kâi thuaⁿ-kuaⁿ;
seized the one who held the stakes.
in hùaⁿ nâng thuaⁿ pûe i;
they all indemnified him by assessing themselves.
àiⁿ cò̤ kúi hūn lâi thuaⁿ?
What is to be the rate of the assessment?
phò lăi kâi hùe-mûeh li chíaⁿ thuaⁿ;
they are taking an inventory of the goods in the shop in order to pay creditors proportionally.
cĭu hâng lăi kâi hùe thuaⁿ-hâiⁿ nâng;
pay people their shares according to the amount of goods in the warehouse.
hâiⁿ i cè-cú hùe khṳ̀ thuaⁿ;
let the creditors divide it among themselves according to the amount due each.
cìeⁿ-seⁿ m̄ cai thuaⁿ ŭ ngŏ sîaⁿ ci(illegible text)ⁿ hâiⁿ nâng a bô̤;
do not know whether there will be enough to pay fifty per cent or not.
chíeⁿ thuaⁿ tîeⁿ;
seize the gambling hall with all the gamblers in it.
cò̤ kúi hūn thuaⁿ;
allot the shares.
thuaⁿ sìo;
divide the amount to be paid proportionally.
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  • To root out weeds or grass from fields; to remove harmful plants.
thúaⁿ cháu;
to root up weeds.
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  • Coal.
húe-thùaⁿ;
charcoal.
thô-thùaⁿ;
mineral coal.
bûe-thùaⁿ;
hard coal.
sêng-thùaⁿ; phàⁿ-thùaⁿ;
coal made from fir or pine.
thih-thùaⁿ;
anthracite.
húe-thùaⁿ ŵn;
charcoal balls.
thùaⁿ hu;
coal dust.
húe-thùaⁿ chùi;
charcoal in small fragments.
taⁿ kim-hue tōa-thùaⁿ lâi sie hō̤;
brought some brass flowers set in a large lump of coal as a congratulatory offering.
châ thùaⁿ;
fuel.
sie thùaⁿ;
to burn coal.
thùaⁿ phûe;
the outside of a stick of charcoal.
thùaⁿ thâu;
charred wood; charcoal that is not thoroughly burned.
thùaⁿ lām;
coal baskets.
tōiⁿ thùaⁿ; ká-cí thùaⁿ;
charcoal made from hard wood.
thùaⁿ kháu; thùaⁿ kíaⁿ;
charcoal made from small sticks.
thùaⁿ îe;
charcoal pits.
sie thùaⁿ kâi nâng;
charcoal burners.
thùaⁿ mêⁿ;
sparks from charcoal.

thuah

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  • An otter.
cí tîo nía sĭ thuah-phûe kâi;
this collar is of otter's fur.
cí kâi tî kâi thuah kău căi;
there are very many otters in this pool.
ē-ē thóiⁿ-kìⁿ thuah lô̤h tî khṳ̀ cîah hṳ̂;
have time after time seen otters going into the pool to get fish.
hái-thuah;
sea otters.

thue

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  • Broken down; ruined.
hía chù úa thóiⁿ tîeh cn̂g kâi khuang-khuang thue-thue;
I see that
that house is tumbling down.
cìeⁿ-sî kâi nâng cn̂g kâi thue-thue tŏaⁿ-tŏaⁿ;
he is much broken down in health of late.
àu-kú, cn̂g kâi thue;
decayed from age, and all fallen in.
  • thúe5038617
  • Pulpy, soft.
pû kàu thúe-thúe;
cook it till it is very soft.
cêk sin khṳt i phah kàu thúe-thúe;
she was beaten almost to a jelly by him.
àu kàu nĕ thúe-thúe khṳ̀;
rotted to a pulp.
seⁿ thûe;
have a boil.
cêk lîap tōa thûe;
a large boil.
phû cêk lîap thûe kíaⁿ;
had a little boil come out there.
thûe mâk-kíaⁿ;
a tiny boil.
thìaⁿ kùe thûe;
as sore as a boil.

thuh

  • thûh57646
  • To punch a hole through paper.
pêⁿ theng cúa cē thûh phùa lâk kâi nâng nĕ ngìen-ngìen;
if you stick your finger through the paper and break it, you will disclose the puppets.

thui

  • thui882757
  • A ladder; movable steps; stairs.
lô̤h lâu-thui;
descend the stairs from the upper storey.
úa thieⁿ thui tŏ̤ chîeⁿ kò̤;
lean a ladder against a wall.
peh tùi thui tèng khí khṳ̀;
mount up by a ladder.
cí tieⁿ thui khah kĭa;
the latter is too steep.
thui keh;
the divisions of a ladder.
thui cí;
the rungs of a ladder.
ŭ jît káu cí, thui cò̤ cē lô̤h;
some day the rung will come out and he will fall, ladder and all.
i sĭ pûaⁿ thui chut khṳ̀;
he traversed it and went out by means of ladders.
cĭeⁿ to̤-thui;
ascend a ladder of knives, as demoniacs do.
tek-thui;
a bamboo ladder.
hûn thui;
a long light ladder made for scaling high walls in a siege.
so̤h thui;
a rope ladder.
kaⁿ-ná thui;
a ladder used in gathering olives.
thui-hūeⁿ;
the hand-rail of a flight of stairs.
taⁿ tieⁿ thui;
carry a ladder.
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  • To shirk; to evade.
thui pàng pât nâng sin tèng;
shirk it upon some one else.
thui tīo ceh-sêng;
shirk the responsibility.
thui cò̤ m̄ cai;
excused himself by pretending he did not know.
thui tīo, m̄ ìn-tap;
declined to answer.
thui úi;
to shirk one's duty.
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  • The thigh, the ham, the leg.
tṳ-thúi;
a ham.
i kâi kha-thúi tōa kí căi;
he has very stout legs.
phah tîeh i kâi ău-thúi;
hit him on his hind leg.