Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/thaⁿ

by Adele Marion Fielde

thaⁿ

• 坦thaⁿ856325
• Plain; level.

pêⁿ-tháⁿ;

level.

tîeh chūe kò̤ pêⁿ-tháⁿ kâi cìaⁿ hó̤ pàng;

must seek a level spot in which to set it down.

siu-sîp kàu pêⁿ-pêⁿ tháⁿ-tháⁿ, chŵn bŏi khi-khu;

made perfectly level, with no inequalities of surface.

• 襲thăⁿ80514516
• To superimpose, so as to conceal what is underneath.

cí téng thăⁿ kâi tn̂g saⁿ;

covered his usual clothing with a long gown.

hṳ́ tói phûe-tn̂g-nîu, cí téng thăⁿ kâi koih-tn̂g-nîu;

a long fur tunic on the inside, with a long, lined, unwaded tunic put on over that.