# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/khak
### khak

* 確khak41111211
* Solid; firm; in truth; really; verily.

#### ŭ tek-khak kâi sìn a bô̤?

    Is there reliable news or not?

#### úa thiaⁿ tîeh cía sṳ̄ hŵn-lío būe tek-khak;

    I judge from the hearing, that there is as yet no trustworthy evidence concerning this affair.

#### cía sĭ tek-tek khak-khak kâi cèng-kṳ̄;

    this is substantial proof.

#### khak-sît sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ mē?

    Is it really so?

#### khak-khak sît-sît kâi;

    what is verily so.

#### sím kàu khak châk, cū tẁn;

    adjudicate till trustworthy evidence is obtained, and then decide the case.

#### sui sĭ sím kúi hûe būe sím chut ŭ khak-khak chàk-chàk kâi chêng-hêng;

    although the case has been tried several times, reliable evidence has not yet been brought out in the trial.
* 殼khak412798
* The shell of mollusks; the husk or covering of fruits; exuviæ of snakes; a hard outer covering.

#### ku khak;

    tortoise shell.

#### khang-khak kâi;

    hollow; empty.

#### thâu-khak;

    the cranium.

#### thâu-khak thìaⁿ;

    headache.

#### thâu-khak hîn;

    dizzy.

#### lô̤-khak;

    spiral shells.

#### ham-khak;

    scallop shells.

#### hāu-khak;

    shell of the king crab.

#### gê-cí khak;

    cocoa-nut shell.

#### tāu khak;

    pea-pods.

#### cía sĭ khak hue a sĭ sap hue?

    Is this lime made from whole or from broken sea shells?

#### koi-nn̆g khak;

    egg shells.

#### khang-khak chīu;

    a hollow tree.

#### ké kàu khang-khak;

    consists wholly of pretence.

#### ío, kâi mīn m̄ tîeh khîeh kâi sío-kúi-khak lâi tì;

    then you better get a mask to cover your face.

#### cûa pak khak;

    the cast skin of a serpent.

#### cí kâi mīn-khak ūe lâi sĭo;

    this face is made very lifelike.
* 纈khak19412015
* A knot.

#### thám kâi khak;

    tie a knot.

#### àiⁿ thám ûah khak a thám sí khak?

    Shall I tie a slip-knot or a fixed knot?

#### àiⁿ tōiⁿ, tîeh thám ke nŏ̤ kâi khak;

    if you want it to be firm, you must tie two knots more.

#### lṳ́ kâi khak cò̤-nî pâk, úa kói m̄ chut?

    How have you tied this knot, that I cannot untie it?

#### khak thám m̄ kín cù àiⁿ lut;

    if the knot is not tightly tied it will slip.

#### bô̤ kûe bô̤ khak;

    no bunches nor knots in it.
* 喀khak429309
* To cough and hawk in order to remove something from the throat.

#### khak chut lâi kâi nŭaⁿ thi-thi;

    raised some viscid phlegm.
* 霍khak2571738
* The Asiatic cholera.

#### khak-lw̆n;

    cholera.

#### ŭ cêk īeⁿ cèng kìe-cò̤ kang-khak-lw̆n, īa bŏi thò īa bŏi sìa, pí hṳ́ khí khak-lw̆n kèng lī-hāi;

    there is a disease called the dry cholera, in which there is neither vomiting nor purging, and which is still more dangerous than the other sort.
* 麵khak4581996
* Barm.

#### sîn-khah tê;

    a medicine for colds, brought from Chinchew near Amoy.

#### úa kìa lṳ́ khṳ̀ chŵn-ciu kò̤ bói cē sîn-khak lâi;

    I send by you to Chinchew to buy some medicine for colds.

#### âng khak;

    upland rice, which reddens the dishes in which it is cooked. ​
* 藿khak25714016
* The leaves of a legume used for fodder.

#### khak-hieⁿ lêng pheh tīo ùe-khì;

    bishopwort will drive off infection.

#### îm-îeⁿ-khak;

    the spinous leaved aspen.