Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/pok

by Adele Marion Fielde

pok

• 卜pok717259
• To divine by looking at, or rattling coins inside of tortoise shell; sortilege.

pok-khùe;

to divine; to inquire of the fates.

i pok lâi cún căi;

he rightly divined it.

būe pok, soiⁿ cai;

knew it before he forecast.

• 燐pok5418613
• Flitting, like an ignis fatuns.

pok-pok-thìo, cū sĭ kúi-húe hìeⁿ-seⁿ;

flitting hither and thither like a will-o-the-wisp.

mêⁿ-kùa tŏ̤ cûn-thâu thóiⁿ-kìⁿ suaⁿ-phîaⁿ kâi kúi-húe pok-pok-thìo;

in the night, saw from the prow of the boat, the will-o-the-wisps flitting about on the shore.

• 僕pôk717912
• A vassal, a retainer, a servant or menial; one who aids in laborious duties.

nôⁿ-pôk;

a man servant or slave.

pĭ-pôk;

a female slave.

cêk cú cêk pôk cò̤-pû lâi;

master and servant came together.

pôk hŭ;

a servant's wife, or a woman-servant.

• 漾pôk10738511
• Movement of water in commotion.

cúi pôk-pôk-êk;

the water swashes up and down.

cúi pôk lâi pôk khṳ̀;

the water swashes to and fro.

màiⁿ khṳt cúi pôk cêk sin;

do not let the water swash over you.