Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/thue

by Adele Marion Fielde

thue

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• Broken down; ruined.

hía chù úa thóiⁿ tîeh cn̂g kâi khuang-khuang thue-thue;

I see that that house is tumbling down.

cìeⁿ-sî kâi nâng cn̂g kâi thue-thue tŏaⁿ-tŏaⁿ;

he is much broken down in health of late.

àu-kú, cn̂g kâi thue;

decayed from age, and all fallen in.

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• Pulpy, soft.

pû kàu thúe-thúe;

cook it till it is very soft.

cêk sin khṳt i phah kàu thúe-thúe;

she was beaten almost to a jelly by him.

àu kàu nĕ thúe-thúe khṳ̀;

rotted to a pulp.

• 癤thûe97510415
• A boil

seⁿ thûe;

have a boil.

cêk lîap tōa thûe;

a large boil.

phû cêk lîap thûe kíaⁿ;

had a little boil come out there.

thûe mâk-kíaⁿ;

a tiny boil.

thìaⁿ kùe thûe;

as sore as a boil.