Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/thuaⁿ

by Adele Marion Fielde

thuaⁿ

• 灘thuaⁿ8548519
• Rapids made by a stream rushing through a pass, or over a rocky descent.

kùe thuaⁿ;

pass the rapids.

cĭeⁿ thuaⁿ kōi a sĭ lô̤h thuaⁿ kōi?

Which is the easier, the ascent on the descent of the rapids?

cí kâi thuaⁿ híam căi;

these rapids are very dangerous.

thuaⁿ kâi cúi li kĭa, īu sà-sà, cĕng-cĕng cîeh, kù-chṳ́ kùe thuaⁿ kâi sî-liāu nâng-nâng kiaⁿ;

the rapids are steep, and full of projecting rocks, so that in passing them every one is in dread.

• 攤thuaⁿ8546419
• To rate; to apportion; to divide amongst; to allow proportionally; to assess; to rate according to a proportion.

ngṳ̂n li cìe thuaⁿ phài;

pay according to the assessment.

cìeⁿ-seⁿ thuaⁿ hía bô̤ cîⁿ hùe cū kang-khó;

if the amount to be made up is apportioned in that way then it will be distressful to those who are poor.

i tó̤ khui thuaⁿ siet tó;

he keeps a gambling hall.

nâng li khṳ̀ teh i kâi thuaⁿ;

people go and put down stakes, betting on something he holds.

hùaⁿ nâng tó̤ pûah thuaⁿ;

they are all raffling for it.

kuaⁿ-hú huang tīo i kâi thuaⁿ-kẃn;

the magistrate shut up his gambling house.

léng tīo i kâi thuaⁿ-chn̂g;

upset the counter on which the stakes were laid.

i tó̤ meⁿ thuaⁿ khṳt nâng teh;

he holds the stakes for those who bet.

lîah i kâi thuaⁿ-kuaⁿ;

seized the one who held the stakes.

in hùaⁿ nâng thuaⁿ pûe i;

they all indemnified him by assessing themselves.

àiⁿ cò̤ kúi hūn lâi thuaⁿ?

What is to be the rate of the assessment?

phò lăi kâi hùe-mûeh li chíaⁿ thuaⁿ;

they are taking an inventory of the goods in the shop in order to pay creditors proportionally.

cĭu hâng lăi kâi hùe thuaⁿ-hâiⁿ nâng;

pay people their shares according to the amount of goods in the warehouse.

hâiⁿ i cè-cú hùe khṳ̀ thuaⁿ;

let the creditors divide it among themselves according to the amount due each.

cìeⁿ-seⁿ m̄ cai thuaⁿ ŭ ngŏ sîaⁿ ci(illegible text)ⁿ hâiⁿ nâng a bô̤;

do not know whether there will be enough to pay fifty per cent or not.

chíeⁿ thuaⁿ tîeⁿ;

seize the gambling hall with all the gamblers in it.

cò̤ kúi hūn thuaⁿ;

allot the shares.

thuaⁿ sìo;

divide the amount to be paid proportionally.

• 耘thúaⁿ11421274
• To root out weeds or grass from fields; to remove harmful plants.

thúaⁿ cháu;

to root up weeds.

• 炭thùaⁿ857865
• Coal.

húe-thùaⁿ;

charcoal.

thô-thùaⁿ;

mineral coal.

bûe-thùaⁿ;

hard coal.

sêng-thùaⁿ; phàⁿ-thùaⁿ;

coal made from fir or pine.

thih-thùaⁿ;

anthracite.

húe-thùaⁿ ŵn;

charcoal balls.

thùaⁿ hu;

coal dust.

húe-thùaⁿ chùi;

charcoal in small fragments.

taⁿ kim-hue tōa-thùaⁿ lâi sie hō̤;

brought some brass flowers set in a large lump of coal as a congratulatory offering.

châ thùaⁿ;

fuel.

sie thùaⁿ;

to burn coal.

thùaⁿ phûe;

the outside of a stick of charcoal.

thùaⁿ thâu;

charred wood; charcoal that is not thoroughly burned.

thùaⁿ lām;

coal baskets.

tōiⁿ thùaⁿ; ká-cí thùaⁿ;

charcoal made from hard wood.

thùaⁿ kháu; thùaⁿ kíaⁿ;

charcoal made from small sticks.

thùaⁿ îe;

charcoal pits.

sie thùaⁿ kâi nâng;

charcoal burners.

thùaⁿ mêⁿ;

sparks from charcoal.