A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect (汕頭方言音義字典) / cuh

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窩

• cíu-cuh;

  a dimple.

• i cē chìe kih-kau nŏ̤ kâi cíu-cuh;

  when she laughs there are two dimples in her cheeks.

• nâng tàⁿ ŭ cíu-cuh kâi cū ŏi cîah cíu, kù-chṳ́ kìe-cò̤ cíu-cuh;

  people say that those who have dimples are apt to be wine-bibbers, therefore dimples are called wine grots.

足

• Full; enough; no deficiency; nothing wanting.

• nĕ cuh-cuh, kâi cîⁿ bô̤ kíam;

  fully sufficient, not lacking a cash.

• cêk nî nĕ cuh-cuh;

  fully a year.

吮

• To sip, to suck.

• cuh tê;

  sips tea.

• cuh ta;

  to suck dry.

• a-nôⁿ cuh nĭ;

  the infant sucks at the breast.

• máng cuh hueh;

  mosquitoes suck blood.

• cuh cap;

  suck the juice.

• cuh cheng-khih khṳ̀;

  suck it all out clean.

• cuh kàu pá-pá;

  sucked his fill.