Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/jit

by Adele Marion Fielde

jît

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• The sun; a day; daily; day time.

jît-thâu;

the sun.

jît sîh;

an eclipse of the sun.

jît méⁿ;

the sun is hot.

chíaⁿ sî jît;

ask for the eight characters which denote the time of one's birth.

ŭ cêk kâi jît-cí sĭang hó̤;

it would be best to have a fixed time.

pêh jît chíeⁿ-kiap;

robbed him in broad daylight.

thàu tn̂g pêh jît;

openly, in broad day.

ke nŏ̤ saⁿ jît;

in two or three days.

lîen jît lô̤h hŏ̤;

rains continuously for days at a time.

cêk lîen lô̤h ku-ā jît;

fell for several days at a stretch.

keh ke sì jît;

four days later.

sĭm-mih jît-khî?

At what period of time?

pâk jît;

some other day.

táng ĕ-jît;

wait till another day.

lṳ́ cīeⁿ jît cêng tàⁿ;

you said so the other day.

mùa-jît;

to-morrow.

ău-jît;

day after to-morrow; hereafter.

úa tâng côiⁿ jît lâi lío;

I have been here since day before yesterday.

cá jît m̄ cêng chut lâi;

he did not come out yesterday.

cô̤h jît; côiⁿ jît;

the day before yesterday.

tōa ău jit;

the day after day after to-morrow.

tōa côiⁿ jît;

the day before day before yesterday.

kim jît; kíaⁿ jît;

to-day.

kíaⁿ-jît sìeⁿ sĭm mûeh?

What day in the cycles is to-day?

ŭ chut jît tîeh khîeh khṳ̀ phâk;

if the sun comes out you must take it and put it in the sun.

lṳ́ màiⁿ chut khṳ̀ phâk jît;

do not go out in the sun.

i chìn, tó̤ cieh jît;

he is cold, and is warming himself in the sun.

bô̤ jît bô̤ so̤h;

there is no sun at all.

àiⁿ táng tî cêk jît?

To what day is it deferred?

tâng tī cêk jît lâi?

On what day did it come?

kio i cò̤ seⁿ jît;

make a birth-day party for him.

seⁿ-jît sie tâng;

having the same birthday.

jît chut lío;

the sun is up; the sun has come out.

jît khí-thâu chut;

the sun is just rising.

jît àiⁿ lô̤h;

the sun is about to set.

jît-thâu lô̤h suaⁿ;

the sun is setting.

jît tùi tang;

the sun is directly overhead.

jît sîa a būe?

Is the sun past the meridian yet?

káu gûeh káu nah jît bô̤ ēng cṳ-nîe lí m̄ tît;

in the ninth month, in the shortest day of the year, a good-for-nothing woman can't get through with the day's work.

īu kùe ke cêk jît lío;

another day is gone.

cêk jît cêk jît kōi kùe căi;

a day at a time passes quickly.

m̄ cai sĭ jît-kùa a sĭ mêⁿ-kùa;

did not know whether it was day or night.

jît cìe kàu cí lăi;

the sun shines in.

i kâi mâk m̄ káⁿ chīeⁿ jît;

he dare not look at the sun.

i khṳ̀ tô̤h jît khí kang;

he has gone to choose a lucky day for beginning the work.

cía jît sĭ tī-tîang thóiⁿ kâi?

Who sought out the lucky day?

jît cam;

the sun's rays.

jît cêk jît kîaⁿ cêk khuang;

the sun traverses a great circle each day.

thóiⁿ-kìⁿ jît tŏ̤ tang pôiⁿ phû khí lâi, tŏ̤ sai pôiⁿ lô̤h khṳ̀;

behold the sun rising in the east, and setting in the west.

jît-jît sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

every day it is thus.

jît gûeh ŭ sî cau lāng;

even the sun and moon sometimes encounter dangers.

jît sĭ chiu-it sîh, a sĭ chiu-jī sîh?

Is the eclipseof the sun on the first or on the second day of the month?

jît tó̤;

the days are short.

jît tn̂g;

the days are lengthening.

jît-tàu;

noonday.

jît cá;

it is still early in the day.

jît ùaⁿ lío;

it is already late in the day.

jît-cí kùe lío;

the set day is past.

kùe kúi jît;

you are too late by several days.

khah ke jît;

too many days.

tîeh tùi jît;

you must come on the day appointed.

hó̤ sî hó̤ jît;

a lucky period.

kit jît, hiong jît;

a lucky or an unlucky day.

thâu cêk jît;

the first day.

tŏiⁿ jī jît;

the next day.

ŭ tīaⁿ jît a bô̤ tīaⁿ jît?

Is there a fixed day for it or not?

lŏ kàu jît;

pickle it for a sufficient number of days.

jît kìⁿ jît tōa;

grows bigger day by day.

i kíaⁿ-jit chut jît;

to-day is the seventh after the decease.

lṳ́ thóiⁿ ŭ lâi jît, a bô̤ lâi jit?

Do you consider that there is a future for the enterprise, or not?

tō seⁿ kùe jît;

barely enough to live upon from day to day.

tō jît jû nî;

a day is like a year in passing.

lṳ́ co̤h kang sĭ lŭn jît, a lŭn gûeh?

Are you working by the day or by the month?

jît méⁿ, táng kàu jît nńg cìaⁿ hó̤ khṳ̀;

the sun is very hot, wait till the sun's rays are less powerful, and then go.

jît cē chut cū jûah;

as soon as the sun comes out it will be hot.

jît àm;

at dark.

jît àiⁿ àm;

it is nearly dark.

ŭ thiⁿ bô̤ jît-thâu;

there is a sunless sky; there is no strong light upon it.

pâi jît;

every day.

cia jît, câh jît;

screen from the sun.