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dictionary of the swatow dialect.

úa cò̤-nî tun-tun khǹg-kòi i, i to m̄ thiaⁿ;: however earnestly I exhort him, he pays no heed to it.
tun-tun kàu-kài;: earnestly warn.

cí ciah cûn sĭ tún-cûn, sĭ tó̤ tún hùe-mûeh kâi;: this vessel is the receiving ship, in which the goods are stored.
tún kàu cêk cāi tĭⁿ-tĭⁿ;: has been laden to its full capacity.
hùe cìeⁿ cōi kàⁿ tún m̄ tit ă!: There are so many goods that they cannot all be housed then!
nŏ̤ saⁿ īeⁿ tún cò̤ cêk ē;: two or three sorts are stored together.

i seⁿ lâi ói-tún ói-tún;: she is very dumpy.
ngó tún sin châi;: he is short but well proportioned; sturdy, and well built.

cí-hûe sin tèng kâi nêk ŏi tùn;: my flesh is twitching just now.
hó̤-hó̤ sĭ-sĭ kâi mâk khâp-khâp tùn: m̄ cai sĭ mih sṳ̄;: without any previous indication of trouble, my eye keeps twitching: I don't know what is going to happen.
koiⁿ-thâu cí hûe chûh-chûh tùn, m̄ cai hó̤ a m̄-hó̤;: at this moment there is a nervous twitching in my shoulder, I do not know whether it is a good or an evil omen.

híang kàu tī ŏi tùn;: sounded so loud that the earth shook.
hìeⁿ pôiⁿ kâi tùi cē ceng, cìeⁿ pôiⁿ kâi tī tū ŏi tùn;: when the pounder comes down on the other side, the ground on this side trembles.
i cē tó̤ tâh pō, cí lîn-kṳ̆n chù kâi tī cū lóng-cóng ŏi tùn;: when he steps, the floors of the neighboring houses all shake.

tùn t6ng;: broke by jerking.
tùn m̄ tn̆g;: cannot jerk it apart.
cûn-thâu-so̤h khṳt huang-éng tùng tn̆g khṳ̀;: the rope by which the boat is made fast, has been broken

by the storm.

kŭa thih so̤h īa khṳt i tùn tn̆g khṳ̀;: even iron chains were broken by him.

i kâi chùi-tûn cu-cu âng;: her lips are ruby red.
i kâi tûn khah tìo; i kâi chùi-tûn khìo-khìo;: her lips curve outward very much.
tûn àiⁿ kău, àiⁿ sì-cìaⁿ, àiⁿ âng;: the lips should be full, shapely and red.
i kûaⁿ kàu chùi-tûn o-o;: she is so cold that her lips are purple.
i kâi chùi-tûn po̤h-sìe pô̤h-síe;: he has a harelip.
tûn bûang, khí hâng;: if the lips are lost the teeth are cold; if the outlying states are taken I am in danger.
sît-căi sĭ tûn bûang khí hâng;: is really such discomfort as the teeth would feel if the lips were gone.
tûn âu kháu cîh sĭ i kâi hó̤;: his pronunciation is best in all kinds of words.
cí kâi jī sĭ tûn im a sĭ cîh im?: Is this word a labial or a lingual?
cí tîaⁿ ĕ tîeh lâi kih kâi tûn;: must build up a terrace before the open space in front of the grave.
cí kò̤ thò kâi tûn cìeⁿ ngía tīaⁿ-tîeh ŭ hŵt;: just here where a lip protrudes there is sure to be a grave.
tîaⁿ-ĕ cṳ̆ seⁿ ŭ kâi cîeh tûn;: in front of the area before the grave there is a natural stone projection.

màiⁿ khṳt i tŭn khṳ̀;: do not let him skulk off.
i cē kiaⁿ cū ùi àiⁿ tŭn;: if he gets frightened there is danger that he will run off and hide away.
tŭn kàu bô̤ íaⁿ khṳ̀;: vanished away leaving no trace nor sign.
i tŭn jîp suaⁿ khṳ̀ tìam;: he absconded and hid himself in the mountains.
i ŏi ēng khî mn̂g tŭn kah;: he knows how to skillfully dispose troops in ambush.
i ŏi cieh thó tŭn;: he conceals himself by stirring up the dust around him.

tŭn pn̄g;: to stew rice.
àiⁿ tŭn cêk-ki-hieⁿ kú;: cook it as long as it takes an incense stick to burn out.
cheng tŭn; pêh tŭn;: simply boiled in a dish surrounded by water.

cíaⁿ-tŭn nâng-bé lâi kio i cìen;: get troops ready and give him battle.
céng-tŭn kàu iap-iap thiap-thiap;: all made completely ready.
sía “ cài pài” cū hó̤, mín sía “tŭn sía pài,”: if you write “I present my respects” (on the card), you need not write “I respectfully bow the head.”