Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ehⁿ

by Adele Marion Fielde

ehⁿ

• 咳敇ehⁿ-hem429
• To make the sound represented by the word.

cí gūa cē ehⁿ-hém hṳ́ lăi cū chut lâi;

as soon as some one outside hems, some of those inside come out.

cē ehⁿ-hém i cū cai;

when he hems they know it to be the signal agreed on.