Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ioh

by Adele Marion Fielde

ioh

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• To ripple; to shimmer.

cúi mīn ioh-ioh-sih;

there is a ripple on the surface.

hái mīn kŭa ioh-ioh-sih to bŏi, nĕ pêⁿ-pêⁿ;

there is not a ripple on the sea, it is perfectly smooth.

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• To flicker, like an ignis-fatuus.

chin-chĭeⁿ kúi-húe hìeⁿ-seⁿ, ioh-ioh-sih;

flickers like a will-o-the-wisp.

ioh-ioh-sih cĕng-cĕng kúi-húe;

it flickers and flashes all over with the light of will-o-the-wisps.