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

骨

A bone; anything hard inclosed in or connected with something soft, as the rib of a leaf or an umbrella.
kha kut, chíu kut;

bones of the feet and hands.
phiaⁿ-lî kut;

the ribs.
ku-kut;

old human bones.
hṳ̆n jìp kut chúe;

his hatred goes to the marrow of his bones; invincible repugnance.
phú kṳn, lò kut;

become emaciated.
pw̆n kut châk;

a renegade.
ngâu hóⁿ kut ka;

make glue from tiger’s bones.
chûn cò̤ cêk pé kut;

left but a handful of bones.
i kâi kut keh hó̤;

he is well built.
thong sin kâi kut-cak;

the bones of the whole body.
cîah nâng kâi kut-thâu cîaⁿ suaⁿ;

preys upon people.
cūaⁿ kut-thâu;

base, low-live.
sin-tèng ŭ kò̤ kùi kut;

has innate refinement.
sĭ i kâi kut nêk;

is of his own flesh and blood.
cía jī thóiⁿ tîeh ŭ kut lâk;

this letter is vigorously written.

㧾

To pound; to maul; to hit.
i cang châ-cí kût tîeh i kâi ka-ciah;

he took a round stick of wood and hit him on his back.
khîeh ki tek-ko̤ tùi i li-li kût;

got a bamboo pole and kept hitting him with it.
kûn-thâu tùi i kût kàu cêk sin tâk-cak o-cheⁿ;

mauled him with his fist till his whole body was covered with black and blue spots.

滑

Smooth, slippery, polished; wet and sludgy; soapy, glassy, glairy; oily and shining; cunning, flattering.
ôi li kûiⁿ, lō li kût, híam-híam pûah ku-ā hûe;

what with my shoes being high, and the road sludgy, I came near falling down several times.
kût liu-liu;

slushy.
hṳ́ tîo lō liu-liu kût;

that road is very slippery.
thâu-khak thì kàu kng-kût kng-kût;

the head shaved very smooth.
mông tîeh lìu-lìu kût;

it feels soapy.
thong sin nĕ kût-kût;

the whole body smooth.
bûa lío pêh kût khṳ̀;

rubbed it so hard as to take off the gloss.
chùi kût-kût;

has a good appetite.
chùi kût-kût lí-kẃn lĭam;

had it on the end of his tongue and repeated it off without a pause.
īa tîeh thâk kàu chùi kût cìaⁿ hó̤;

must also study it till you can recite it easily.
cá-jît chùi ío siap, kíaⁿ-jît chùi ío kût;

yesterday I had scarcely any appetite, to-day I feel more like taking food.
chìu lâi m̄ kût;

it is not scoured bright.
kût kàu cū sĭ bûah lâ kâi;

smooth as if it were oiled.
khah siap, ēng îu buah i kût;

if there is too much friction, take oil and smear it till it runs smoothly.
hṳ́ kó̤ chĭeⁿ cheⁿ-tî lío, kût căi;

moss has formed there and it is very slippery.
hâiⁿ tîeh to m̄ kût tîah: cò̤ ŏi siap-siap nē;

he never pays willingly: how is it that is it so hard to get anything from him.

掘

崛

Rising abruptly like a lofty peak; eminent.
i sĭ ka-kī kût-khí kâi, m̄ sĭ sêng soiⁿ nâng kâi;

he is a self-made man, not one who inherited a high position.
chông peh-sèⁿ kût-khí cò̤ hûang-tì;

rose from among the common people to the throne.

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