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

溪

A river; a creek; a rivulet.
khoi-hô̤;

rivers.
khoi kàu cí-kò̤ pun cò̤ nŏ̤ a;

the stream here branches off into two forks.
khoi cúi tĭⁿ, im kàu bô̤ khoi sua-pà;

when the river rises the sand banks are wholly submerges.
i tŏ̤ khoi-kîⁿ tìeⁿ hṳ̂, ngŏ̤ tîeh kâi nâng khṳ̀ thìo khoi, khṳt i kìu tîeh;

he was on the margin of the river fishing with hook and line, when a man came along and jumped into the river, and was rescued by him.
khoi chíen căi;

the stream is very shallow.
khoi cúi jîeh chim?

How deep is the river?
i ŏi siu kùe khoi;

he can swim across the stream.
lṳ́ cîah tîeh khoi hṳ̂ hó̤ a hái hṳ̂ hó̤?

Which do you like best, the fish from fresh or from salt waters?
pun cêk tîo khoi-kíaⁿ tùi cìeⁿ pôiⁿ khṳ̀;

sends off a small branch to flow on the hither side.
khoi cúi kháu;

the mouth of a stream.
cí tîo khoi kâi ngŵn-thâu sĭ tŏ̤ tī-kò̤?

Where does this river has its source?
i kâi cúi-sì sĭ lâi tùe khoi cìeⁿ pôiⁿ kò̤ lâi;

the strongest current flows along down this side the river.
cīeⁿ-sî kâi khoi bí lâi cōi căi;

there is lately a great quantity of inland rice coming in.
khoi khàm;

the banks of the river.
bī lô̤h khoi tói;

dive to the bottom of the river.
khoi tèng tó̤ phah sua pê;

dredging out a passage in the river.
cí-kò̤ kâi khoi-mīn ío khuah;

the river is wider here.

剃

To shave; to trim and dress hair.
hàm kâi thì-thâu-kâi lâi khoi chiu;

call a barber to trim the beard.
khoi mâk-bâi;

trim the eyebrows.
màiⁿ tò̤ khoi, khoi lío jîet-thìaⁿ;

do not shave in a direction contrary to that in which the hair naturally grows, if you do it it will smart after being shaved.
khoi thâu-mô̤;

cut the hair.

契

A covenant; an agreement intended to be enduring; to join; adopted.
khòi kṳ̆;

documentary evidence.
âng khòi;

a stamped deed.
pêh khòi;

an unstamped deed.
sùe khò̤i;

the official fee for stamping a document.
châng khòi, chù khòi;

the deed for the field, and for the house.
la4i khṳ̀ i kò̤ sŭ khòi khuah cē;

going to his house to chat about what happened while we were separated.
khòi pĕ;

an adopted father.
in sie-khòi cò̤ cí-mūe;

they have entered into a compact with each other that they will be sisters.
i khòi i cò̤ a hiaⁿ;

he is bound to stand in the place of elder brother to him.
khòi kâi cáu-kíaⁿ;

a daughter adopted by a compact.
cía sĭ i kit khòi kâi hiaⁿ-tĭ;

this is his brother, adopted by a covenant. (Relationships thus entered into are frequently unwholesome ones).

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