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First Lessons in the Swatow Dialect.
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LESSON LXXXIII.
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典 tóiⁿ; to mortgage. 掛 kùa; khùa; suspend; anxious. 慮 lʉ̆; anxious; care for. 帶 tòa; girdle; draw on. 拖 thoa; to drag. 束 sok; pâk; hâ; to gird.
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孝 * hà; mourning. 裙 kûn; petticoat. 袖 * ńg; sleeve. 頸 * ăm; neck. 頦 hâi; chin. 腰 ie; waist. |
| 1 ku ie. phŭe toaⁿ. | 1 Hump-back. Quilt cover. |
| 2 i sî sî hâ kûn. | 2 She always wears a petticoat. |
| 3 àiⁿ sói cêk tùi ńg kháu kah kâi ăm nía. sok tòa. | 3 Going to wash a pair of cuffs and a collar. Fasten a belt. |
| 4 hâ i kâi ăm. | 4 Put it around his neck. |
| 5 i cang phûe tòa hâ ie. pâk ie. | 5 He girded himself with a leathern girdle. Gird. |
| 6 i ĕ hâi ciam ciam. | 6 His chin is sharp. |
| 7 i khʉ̀ tìo ăm sí. | 7 He went and hung himself. |
| 8 thóiⁿ kàu ăm tn̂g tn̂g. | 8 Looking with outstretched neck. |
| 9 tìo ăm cʉ̆ cĭn. | 9 Suicide by hanging. |
| 10 tìo ăm sɵh. | 10 Hangman’s rope. |
| 11 chù sĭ kio nâng tóiⁿ kâi. | 11 The house is a mortgaged one. |
| 12 i kâi phò àiⁿ tóiⁿ khʉ̄t nâng. | 12 His shop is to be mortgaged. |
| 13 cí koiⁿ chù chut tóiⁿ. | 13 This house is to mortgage. |
| 14 ŭ tóiⁿ, bɵ̂ bōi. | 14 To be mortgaged, not sold. |
| 15 i tòa hà saⁿ nî. | 15 He wears mourning three years. |
| 16 lʉ́ míeng ēng kùa lʉ̆ úa. | 16 You need not be anxious about me. |
| 17 ie tèng kùa ki tɵ. | 17 A knife hung at the waist. |
| 18 tòa hâ kûiⁿ cē, cìaⁿ bŏi thoa tîeh thô ĕ. | 18 Gird it up a little higher so it will not drag on the ground. |
| 19 saⁿ ńg mài cɵ̀ khah khuah. | 19 Do not make the sleeves too wide. |
| 20 i ēng jîeh cōi kûn saⁿ kè cáu kíaⁿ. | 20 How many suits for her daughter’s wedding outfit? |
| 21 lʉ̆ kàu ău lâi kâi sʉ̄. | 21 Take thought for the future. |
| 22 i lʉ̆ sʉ̄ ío tn̂g. | 22 He makes precautionary plans. |
| 23 úa sĭm khùa sim. | 23 I am very anxious. |
| 24 sî ceng kùa tŏ thiaⁿ tèng. | 24 Hang the clock in the main room. |
