Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/wt

by Adele Marion Fielde

wt

• 膕wt49213011
• The space under the knee.

kîaⁿ kàu kha-wt thìaⁿ;

walked till my legs ache.

kha-wt kâi kṳn tau-thìaⁿ tau-thìaⁿ nē;

my legs cramp and ache.

• 斡wt4756810
• To turn around; a wheel by which to turn a machine; that which causes a turning.

cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ sĭ i kio i wt-sŵn;

this affair has been managed for her by him.

cò̤-nî wt-sŵn, wt-sŵn kàu sêng?

How shall we maneuver that it may be brought to a consummation?

• 越ŵt11301565
• To overstep, to exceed, to pass over; to go out of or beyond one's place; to transgress.

cìeⁿ-seⁿ sǹg sĭ ŵt lói, hŭam hūn;

this is overstepping the bounds of propriety, and going beyond the limits of duty.

ŵt khòng;

pass over a court in an appeal to a higher, as to go to the intendant from the district magistrate.

ŵt i kâi lī;

transgress their rules.

i cò̤ sṳ̄ to sĭ ŵt lí ŵt huap;

he transgresses the laws all the time.

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• A battle-axe, whose blade is of a crescent shape; a sort of lictor's axe, borne as as a sign of authority.

pái kŭa kim-kue, ŵt-pó;

range golden maces and battle-axes.