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dictionary of the swatow dialect.

make broth.

lâm tìeh thng;
pour the gravy over it.
thng khah cíaⁿ;
the soup is too fresh.
lâm cho̤h ngîam-thng lô̤h khṳ̀;
pour in some "stock".
khah seⁿ thng;
it is too watery.
jîet kàu jû kún thng;
hot as boiling soup.
thng bŏi tîam;
the soup has no strength.
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  • To scald with boiling water; scalding hot.
i khṳt kún cúi thǹg tîeh;
she scalded herself with boiling water.
thǹg kàu kâi phă khí lâi;
scalded so that it blistered.
sie kàu ŏi thǹg chíu;
hot enough to scald the hand.
ceng kẁn tîeh thǹg sie-sie;
must rinse the cups and tea-pot in hot water and make them very hot.
thǹg-hû;
a chaffing dish.
sie kha thǹg chíu kâi sṳ̄, kang-khó cò̤;
that is very severe drudgery.
ham khîeh khṳ̀ thǹg;
take the scallops and pour boiling water over them.
thǹng būe sêk;
they are not yet scalded through.
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  • To undress; to get out of; to strip off.
thǹg tīo saⁿ;
to take off one's tunic.
thǹg khui lâi thóiⁿ;
throw open your tunic and let me see.
pak tīo bō̤, thǹg tīo ôi bûeh;
take off yoru cap, and your shoes and stockings.
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  • Sugar; sugared; prepared in or with sugar; candy.
pêh-thn̂g;
white or light colored sugar.
chiah sua thn̂g; îang thn̂g;
granulated brown sugar.
o thn̂g;
dark or uncleansed sugar.
piaⁿ thn̂g;
rock-candy.
thn̂g-kêk;
the Sugar Company.
thn̂g-lāu;
a sugar filter.
tĥng pâng;
a sugar-mill.
thn̂g-cúi;
molasses.
áng thn̂g hìeⁿ tîam;
as sweet as sugar.
lāu búe thn̂g;
sugar from the bottom of the filter.
ńng thn̂g;
soft wet sugar.
ká thn̂g;
press the juice from the cane and make sugar.
ngâu thn̂g; sêk thn̂g;
make sugar.
cía cap ngâu cò̤ thn̂g;
boil this juice into sugar.
thn̂g lîo;
a temporary shed under which sugar is boiled.
thn̂g-lîo tèng kâi cìa-ká;
the stones used to crush cane at the sugar-mill.
sâh thn̂g;
boil insugar.
khô̤h thn̂g;
make taffy.
mêng-thn̂g;
gum-drops.
thn̂g-îⁿ;
barley sugar.
so thn̂g;
crisp candy.
thn̂g-tāu;
pea-nut candy.
thn̂g sai;
sugar lions.
thn̂g-pang;
cakes made of parched rice and sugar.
kieⁿ-thn̂g;
spiced candy.
thn̂g kieⁿ;
preserved ginger.
thn̂g līo;
confectionery.
pêh-thn̂g kúe;
sweet pastry.
suah thn̂g;
sprinkle with sugar.
kit-hún thn̂g;
loaf sugar.
cheng thn̂g;
clarified sugar.
pôih thn̂g-chang;
pull molasses candy.
phûah thn̂g-îⁿ;
make barley sugar.

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  • The elbow joint; to elbow.
chíu-thn̆g chut khŭ;
the elbow joint is dislocated.
i cang chíu-thn̆g, thn̆g kàu i pûah lô̤h khṳ̀;
he hit him with his elbow till he fell down.
i àm-cĕⁿ thn̆g i, i cū cai;
when he privately nudged him with his elbow, he knew.
chíu-thn̆g hṳ́ tói sng-ńng-thìaⁿ;
my elbow is lame.
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  • To poke at with a stick.
khîeh ki tek-ko̤ khṳ̀ thn̄g sái-kau;
take a stick and go set the sewer running.
kau lō tîeh soiⁿ thn̄g thong;
you must first open a passage for the water to flow in the drains.
ci ki khah ńng m̄ hó̤ thn̄g;
this is so flexible that it is not goot to use as a poker.
thn̄g kàu hṳ́ tói-tói;
poke into the inside of it.
thn̄g sie-lîn-thàng;
poked a hole in it.

tho

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  • Earth; ground; lands; territory; soil; a region.
i sĭ m̄ hôkcúithó;
the climate does not agree with him.
tàⁿ cò̤ thó-ūe cò̤-nî tàⁿ?
How would you say this in common parlance?
tàⁿ lâi hŵn-lío kâⁿ thó-thâm;
what he says has still an admixture of words from the local dialect.
thó im sĭ cò̤-nî tàⁿ?
What is the local pronunciation of this word?
hṳ́-kò̤ kâi hong-thó nâng-chêng căi-seⁿ-īeⁿ?
What are the manners and customs there?
cía sĭ in-kò̤ kâi thó súaⁿ;
these are the native products there.
kak chù to sāi ŭ thó-tī îa;
each place has its local deities.
i sĭ hŭam tîeh thó-sîn;
he has offended the god of the land.
ŭ hĕ thó tîeh s(illegible text)a thó;
if you make a vow to the divinity that presides over a particular spot, you must pay the vow thereto.
sĭ tô̤h tī cêk jît tŏng thó?
What day has been selected as a lucky one for beginning the excavation?
i kâi pî-thó m̄-hó̤;
his appetite is not good.
cí īeⁿ îeh ŏi pó thó k(illegible text)en pî;
this medicine creates an appetite.
nâng sí cū àiⁿ kui thó;
when a man man dies he returns to dust.
i kâi thó-cheⁿ seⁿ lâi ngía căi;
the end of his nose is very exquisitely formed.
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  • Bent on; inclined to; on one side.
i thó àiⁿ, úa thó m̆;
he is bent upon it, and I am determined not to do it.
i li thó hĕng hṳ́ kâi nâng, úa li thó sieh hṳ́ kâi nâng;
he is inclined to dislike that person, and I am inclined to like him.
cêk nâng cîⁿ-ngṳ̂n thó cōi li bô̤ sì-lâk, cêk nâng sì-lâk thó tōa li bô̤ cíⁿ-ngṳ̂n;
one had money without influence and the other had great influence but no money.
i thó àiⁿ phah i;
she is determined to whip him.