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Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
  • kam311855
  • Water in which rice has been scoured.
ēng bí-kam-cúi khṳ̀ sói;
take rice water and wash it.
cía àiⁿ ēng bí-kam-cúi lâi cì;
rice water is to be used in mixing this.
lṳ́ kâi sin-hūn lîang, tîeh cîah cò̤ bí-kam-tê, m̄ hó̤ cîah tê hîeh;
your system is depleted, and you must drink coffee made from browned rice, you should not drink tea.
  • kám312619
  • To move the feelings; affected by.
kám-sīa lṳ́;
thank you.
kám lṳ́ kâi ṳn;
appreciate your kindness.
úa kâi sim kâm-keh cṳ cì;
I am exceedingly grateful.
kám-hùe nâng kâi sim;
stir the heart to repentance.
i thiaⁿ tîeh kâi sim cū kám-tǒng;
when he heard it he was much moved.
kám-mǎuⁿ huang hâng;
affected by the weather.
sieⁿ-huang têng kam;
his ailment relapsed.
im îang kâi khì cē kau-kám, cū hùe-seⁿ bw̄n mûeh;
the dual powers exerting a reciprocal influence, produce all things.
kám-èng sîn sok;
bring an appropriate recompense from the gods.
kám i kâi tek;
thankful for his goodness.
  • kám30714010
  • To cover; to cover over.
kiaⁿ kàu phǔe kám miⁿ-miⁿ;
so afraid that he hid himself under his coverlet.
lṳ́ kâi phǔe m̄-hó̤ kám thâu kám hîah;
do not cover your head with your coverlet.
kám lío khah hip tîeh;
after covering up I was too hot.
tì cêk kâi kám thâu;
wore a veil, as in mourning.
chìn li khṳ̀ kám phǔe;
if you are cold go and get under the quilt.
  • kám573327
  • To bury, without rites.
cheⁿ-ûah lîah khṳ̀ kám;
seize and bury alive.
kám tǒ̤ thô̤ tói;
bury it in the ground.
kám lío chah ki mûeh cò̤ kì-hō̤;
bury it, and insert something as a mark by which the spot may be identitied.
i kâi cîⁿ-ngṳ̂n kám lô̤h thô tói, bô̤ nâng cai;
buried his money in the earth, where uo one knew of it.
  • kám315324
  • A pit.
heng-kám;
the chest.
heng-kám kut;
the breast bone.
i teh sieⁿ tîeh heng-kám;
he bore a burden so heavy as to injure his chest.
heng-kám thìaⁿ;
a pain in the chest.
  • kàm205769
  • To enjoy as the gods do; to accept the fumes of sacrifice.
lǎu-îa kàm tê;
the god enjoys the tea.
lṳ́ pat thòiⁿ-kìⁿ lǎu-îa kàm cíu mē?
Have you seen the gods accept the wine?
  • kàm3871089
  • To oversee; to superintend; to inspect.
kàm-tok;
to oversee.
ka-kī tó̤ kàm-tok;
he is himself superintending the job.
sîn-mêng kàm-chak;
the gods supervise.
kàm-seng sĭ tŏ̤ kok-cṳ́-kàm thâk cṳ̄ kâi nâng;
the national students are those who study in the National Academy.
jîp kàm thâk cṳ̄;
go to the National Academy to study.
khim-thien-kàm sĭ lí thien-bûn kâi sṳ̌;
the Board of Astronomy regulates astronomical affairs.
thài-kàm sǐ hûang-tì kâi nôⁿ-pôk;
the eunuchs are the servants of the Emperor.
  • kàm38716714
  • A precedent; a speculum.
côiⁿ kṳ khó̤ kàm;
you can see what you will come to by so doing.
thóiⁿ kang kàm;
consider historical precedents.
i chîang thóiⁿ thong kàm;
he considers precedents.
  • kâm162304
  • To hold inside the mouth; to hold; to contain.
kâm cêk chùi cúi;
hold a mouthiul of water in the mouth.
lṳ́ kâi chùi kâm sǐm-mûeh tǒ̤?
What have you got in your mouth?
cí kǐaⁿ muêh thóiⁿ tîeh kâm cúi kâm cúi nē, téng ǔ tǎng;
this seems to be saturated with water, and weighs heavily.
cí cêk ki pit ío ǒi kâm bâk;
this pen holds the ink better.
kâm pit cňg bâk kâi nâng;
one who follows literary pursuits.
kim-kâm;
sugar plums.

chùi tèng

kâm lîap kim-kâm;
holding a sugar-plum in his mouth.

kang

  • kang38213811
  • Toilsome; difficult; hard ship.
kang-khó;
distressing.
ǒi kang-khó a bǒi?
Is it difficult to do?
bǒi kang bǒi khó;
not toilsome.
sǐm sĭ kang-lâng;
is very wearisome.
cìeⁿ-seⁿ kang-kang khó-khó, hìeⁿ-seⁿ cìaⁿ kōi;
that is a very troublesome way of doing it, the other way would be easier.
kang-siap;
bitter; wretched.
tîeh ǒi kang-lâng khak-khó cìaⁿ ǒi tit hó̤;
if you can persevere against difficulties all will be well.
kang-khó co̤h, khùaⁿ-ûah cîah;
work hard and eat in comfort.
cía kang-khó tàⁿ;
this is hard to say.
i sĭ teng kang tńg khṳ̀ chù;
he went home on account of domestic sorrow.
i sĭ teng pě-kang a sĭ teng bó̤-kang?
Is he in mourning for his father or his mother?
  • kang3191208
  • The large rope which binds a net; a restraining bond; a great principle.
kang-mâk;
a general outline.
kang-kàm;
annals.
kang nía;
the leading points.
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