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

貼

To paste up; to stick on; to lay on.
tah tŏ̤ chîeⁿ tèng;

paste it up on the wall.
tah jī khṳt nâng cai;

put up a notice and let people know.
tah kò̤ phio-thâu khṳt nâng thóiⁿ;

put up a placard for people to see.
tah m̄ tùe;

it will not adhere when pasted on.
tah m̄ kín;

it does not adhere tightly.
cí kâi phāng tîeh can cúa lâi tah miⁿ;

paper must be pasted over this crevice to close it up.
i kìⁿ tîeh, kŭi kàu tah-tah;

on seeing him, she knelt quite down.
ciu-jît tah tiah ka-ciah;

he is tagging at my heels all day long.
tah kò̤-(illegible text);

put up a proclamation.
tah nêk saⁿ;

an undergarment.

搭

To put on at the top; to pile up; to add to; to suffix; to engage a place or take passage.
tah kûiⁿ-kûiⁿ;

pile them up very high.
tah ín-kèⁿ;

put up a scaffolding.
àiⁿ tah phâng a m̆?

Are you going to raise an awning overhead?
tah phâng phò;

set up a tent to use as a shop.
tah cêk cō̤ phû-kîe;

lay a floating bridge.
tah cûn;

take passage on a boat.
cí ciah cûn tah ŭ jîeh cōi kheh?

How many passengers are there on this vessel?

託

To intrust to; to commit to; to commission.
úa àiⁿ kìa-tah lṳ́ kù ūe;

I want to send a message by you.
tah lṳ́ kio i tàⁿ;

commission you to tell him.
àiⁿ kìa-tah khah cōi mûeh, úa cū bŏi khîeh;

if you have many things to send, I shall not be able to take them.
i tah úa khîeh lâi hâiⁿ lṳ́;

he gave it to me to bring back to you.
cí kâi nâng hó̤ siang-sìn, úa kâi cîⁿ ngṳ̂n to sĭ kìa-tah;

this person is trustworthy, and I send my money by him.

A purse shaped bag, with a slit in one side, used for carrying articles when travelling; it is slung orver the shoulder, with its contents in the two ends.
pì tah-lîen;

carry a bag.
cang tah-lîen cò̤ hêng-lí, mih mûeh khǹg tŏ̤ tah-lîen tói;

use a bag as a case for carrying luggage, and put all your things into it.

劄

A tenter hook; to hang on a hook; to hook on.
khîa ki tah-kau khṳ̀ tah tìaⁿ;

take a long hook and hang it up thereby.
tṳ-nêk tah pàng lîo-hûe kò̤, sûi i kuah;

hang the pork on a long hook with numerous barbs, and let him cut it off to suit himself.
khîeh ki thih-tah, tah khí lâi thóiⁿ;

take long iron hooks and hang it up for inspection.

朶

A classifier of clouds; a blotch.
cêk tah hûn;

a cloud.
ku-ā tah o hûn;

several masses of black clouds.
i kâi mīn phû khí lâi cêk-tah cêk-tah âng-âng;

red blotches came out all over her face.
in cêk tah cêk tah phû khí lâi;

the smoke rises in clouds.

䛽

To talk much; to mutter unintelligibly.
ūe tàⁿ lâi sĭ thèng tah, cn̂g kâi m̄ tīaⁿ;

spoke in an incoherent way, saying nothing definite.
ūe tàⁿ lío, cìeⁿ-pôiⁿ tah kùe lâi, hìeⁿ-pôiⁿ tah kùe khṳ̀;

after he had said it, he repeated it with all the statements reversed.

拊

踏

To set the foot upon; to tread.
tâh cheⁿ;

to step on the green; to worship at the tombs.
kha tâh nŏ̤ pôiⁿ kîe;

walk on two bridges at once; he is “on both sides the fence.” hàm ciah kha-tâh lâi cài; call a boat rowed by one man to carry us over.
sie tâh kha tì-kàu sie phah;

tread upon each others toes until a fight ensued.
cèng nâng lūn-tâh kâi tī-hng;

ground that everyone tramps over.
lūn-tâh khṳ̀ thíam căi;

very violently trampled upon.
tâh i sît;

tread it down solid.

𨖼

Mixed; repeated.
câp-tâh; câp-câp tâh-tâh;

bustle; hubbub, made by people going to and fro on promiscuous business, or with all sorts of occupations.
nâng-mûeh câp-tâh;

crowds trooping hither and thither.
câp-tâh tī-hng;

a thronged place.

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