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

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卜

• To divine by looking at, or rattling coins inside of tortoise shell; sortilege.

• pok-khùe;

  to divine; to inquire of the fates.

• i pok lâi cún căi;

  he rightly divined it.

• būe pok, soiⁿ cai;

  knew it before he forecast.

燐

• Flitting, like an ignis fatuns.

• pok-pok-thìo, cū sĭ kúi-húe hìeⁿ-seⁿ;

  flitting hither and thither like a will-o-the-wisp.

• mêⁿ-kùa tŏ̤ cûn-thâu thóiⁿ-kìⁿ suaⁿ-phîaⁿ kâi kúi-húe pok-pok-thìo;

  in the night, saw from the prow of the boat, the will-o-the-wisps flitting about on the shore.

僕

• A vassal, a retainer, a servant or menial; one who aids in laborious duties.

• nôⁿ-pôk;

  a man servant or slave.

• pĭ-pôk;

  a female slave.

• cêk cú cêk pôk cò̤-pû lâi;

  master and servant came together.

• pôk hŭ;

  a servant’s wife, or a woman-servant.

漾

• Movement of water in commotion.

• cúi pôk-pôk-êk;

  the water swashes up and down.

• cúi pôk lâi pôk khṳ̀;

  the water swashes to and fro.

• màiⁿ khṳt cúi pôk cêk sin;

  do not let the water swash over you.