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Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.

tieh khîeh-khí màiⁿ khṳt hĭa lâi cn̂g;

the beef must be put away so that the ants will not get at it.
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  • To eddy, to whirl; cnrling.
cúi ká-cn̄g;
a whirlpool.
lâu kàu hṳ́-kò̤ cū ká-cn̄g;
the current there eddies.
ká kàu kâi cn̄g chim-chim;
wheels round and round forming a deep whirlpool.
hía cúi lóng-cóng ká-cn̄g ká-cn̄g;
the water there swirls round and round.
i kâi mô̤ⁿ ká-cn̄g -cn̄g;
her hair hangs in ringlets.
thâu-khak kâi mô̤ⁿ kâi cn̄g kâi cn̄g;
his hair lays in curls all over his head.
hṳ́ kâi cn̄g ío chúa, cí kâi cn̄g ío cìaⁿ;
that curl is askew, this one is in place.
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  • A complaint; an accusation.
kò̤-cn̄g;
to indict; to accuse.
sía cn̄g;
write out an accusation.
cn̄g-sṳ̂;
an indictment.
cn̄g-sṳ;
a lawyer.
thóiⁿ i kâi cn̄g-sṳ̂;
see what is the cause of complaint.
cìaⁿ cn̄g, hù cn̄g;
the original copy and the draft of an indictment.
kò̤ gṳ̄-cn̄g;
carry a case to the Throne through the Censorate.

co

  • co10071155
  • Rent; lease; rental.
chù co, châng co, phò co;
the rent of a house, field, or shop.
siu co;
collect rents.
siu kang co;
collect rent due in money.
siu châng co;
collect rent due in produce.
co cîⁿ, cò̤ ngṳ̂n;
money received as rent.
tī co;
ground rent.
lâp jîeh cōi co?
How much rent do you pay?
co koiⁿ chù lâi tīu;
rent a house to live in.
tîeh lâp tī co;
ground rent must be paid at stated times.
khìam co;
owes rent.
hâiⁿ co;
pay the rent.
thó̤ co;
dun for rent.
co súaⁿ;
lease one's property.
ceng co;
raise the rent.
kíam co;
diminish the rent.
co kuah-pun pât nâng siu;
transfer the rent to another person for collection.
tîeh ŭ nâng tam co;
there must be some one to guarantee the rent.
soiⁿ kùe phò co;
prepay the rent of the shop.
cí koiⁿ hâng cêk nî co jîeh cōi cîⁿ?
For how much per year is this warehouse rented?
hŭe co;
give a lease as security for a debt.
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  • An ancestor.
pài có;
worship ancestors.
ke có;
one's ancestors.
lĕng có;
your ancestors.
có pĕ;
grandfather.
ceng có;
great grand-father.
ceng có bó̤;
great grandmother.
kau có;
great grandfather's father.
thài kau có;
great grandfather's grandfather.
sí có;
the founder of a family.
soiⁿ có;
my late grandfather.
thài sí có;
first emperor of a dynasty.
kong có tōa nâng;
Your Excellency, my grand
father.
có bīe;
ancestral temple.
có sṳ̂;
ancestral hall.
có ngîap;
family estate.
có tī;
family inheritance in land.
có thŵn kâi;
an heirloom.
tâng có thŵn lô̤h lâi kâi;
inherited from ancestors.
sêng có kâi nâng;
sêng nâng kâi có; become the head of a house or tribe.
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  • Abrupt; suddenly.
cŏ-jîen m̄ kìⁿ khṳ̀;
suddenly missing.
cŏ-jîen cū lô̤h hŏ;
suddenly began to rain.
put-lêng cŏ-jîen cū ŏi kâi;
it is not a thing that can be done suddenly.
m̄-hó̤ cŏ;
do not be abrupt about it.

còi

  • còi94412011
  • Fibers of various plants, used in making cloth; threads used in weaving; linen yarn.
ceh còi;
to splice fibers.
còi kheng;
a basket used for holding yarn.
ceh po̤-lô̤-mûaⁿ còi;
splice the fibers of the leaf of the pineapple to make thread for weaving.
ceh tĭu còi;
to splice fibers of China grass.
cìm còi;
soak the fibers used in weaving.
ciap còi;
join threads.
in coi;
wind linen thread.
coi màiⁿ mueh ju;
do not tangle the thread.
coi ceh cò̤ suaⁿ;
join the fibers so as to make thread for sewing.
jṳ̂ se jṳ̂ còi tô̤h tit tît, jṳ̂ nâng tô̤h m̄ tît;
you can pick out and straighten tangled yarn, but you cannot disentangle the snarls into which people get.
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  • Uniform; even; all together; at once.
cêk côi lâi khṳ̀;
go in a body.
bói būe côi;
have not yet bought all that are required.
sìo-bâk méⁿ-méⁿ siu côi;
get the accounts together speedily.
siu-sîp kàu côi-côi cíaⁿ-cíaⁿ;
very systematically done.
thēng côi, cìaⁿ lâi;
wait till you have the full complement and then come.
cèng nâng côi-siaⁿ tap-ìn;
all answered in concert.
cèng nâng côi sim;
all were of one mind.
pàng khṳ̀ m̄ côi;
did not set them down evenly.
thîap côi-côi;
place them evenly in piles.
níu côi-côi lâi thiaⁿ;
come all together and listen.
cêk coi chut lâk;
put forth your strength simultaneously.
īeⁿ-īeⁿ bói kàu côi;
sort by sort, buy the full complement.
cêk côi cò̤ cē lâi;
bring the complete assortment at once.
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  • Much; many; more.
cōi căi;
very many.
cōi-cōi;
a great many.
jîeh cōi?
How many?
cìeⁿ cōi;
so many.
ŭ cōi cíe;
have more or less.
lṳ́ màiⁿ cōi sṳ̄;
do not be troublesome.
i khah cōi ūe;
she talks too much.
míen hìeⁿ cōi;
that