# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/tiu
### tiu

* 丢tiu90915
* To cast away or throw aside.

#### tiu tīo i;

    throw it away.

#### tiu tīo pàng kò̤ lío cò̤ i khṳ̀;

    threw it down and went off leaving it there.

#### màiⁿ khṳ̀ tiu i kâi líen;

    do not go and blast his reputation.

#### táng i khṳt pât nâng tiu líen;

    wait for his reputation to be blasted by some one else.

#### i cìeⁿ-seⁿ tiu tīo bó, tiu tīo kíaⁿ, kio căi;

    his thus casting off his wife and children is most unjustifiable.

#### tiu tit khui;

    can discard it.
* 抶tìu73645
* To flog; to chastise; to whip.

#### cang khue-tîn tíu kàu i kìe m̄ káⁿ;

    take a rattan and whip him till he says he won't do so again. ​
* 籌tîu5111814
* A tally; a tillot.

#### siah tîu;

    whittle out tallies.

#### siu tîu;

    take the tallies.

#### tek-tîu;

    bamboo splints which serve as tallies.

#### cêk peh tàⁿ cò̤-nî káu-câp-káu ki-tîu?

    How is it that there are but ninety nine tallies, when there have been a hundred loads brought?
* 綢tîu511208
* Thin, soft silk.

#### tîu tn̄g phò;

    a silk shop.

#### húang tîu;

    pongee.

#### mîⁿ tîu;

    a stuff made of mixed cotton and silk.

#### kóiⁿ tîu;

    coarse silk serge.

#### âng tîu;

    plain thin red silk.

#### lêng tîu;

    thick fine pongee.

#### pêh tîu;

    plain white silk.

#### hîuⁿ àiⁿ kah sù-tîu lí;

    am going to put a lining of plain silk in the wadded tunic.
* 苧tĭu941405
* China-grass, a plant like a nettle, a species of flax, from which grass-cloth is made.

#### úa àiⁿ ēng tĭu lâi cò̤ so̤h, màiⁿ ēng mûaⁿ;

    I wish to have the rope made of China-grass, not of hemp.

#### ēng tĭu kṳn khṳ̀ pû cúi cîah;

    take the roots of China-grass, steep them, and drink the infusion.

#### tîu-pò;

    grass-cloth.

#### ìuⁿ tĭu, cho tĭu;

    fine and coarse grass-cloth.

#### pêh tĭu, o tĭu, lâm tĭu;

    white, black, and blue grass-cloth.

#### pńg sek tĭu;

    unbleached grass-cloth, having its natural yellowish color.

#### tĭu hâng;

    a ware-house where grass-cloth is bought and sold at wholesale.

#### cí cho̤h tĭu àiⁿ ceh cò̤ còi;

    am going to splice these fibers, making them into thread ready for weaving.

#### keⁿ tĭu-pò;

    weave grass cloth.

#### mîⁿ tĭu;

    cotton and linen
* 稻tĭu86811510
Rice when growing in the field.

#### pò tĭu;

    to transplant young rice.

#### kuah tĭu;

    to harvest rice.

#### tĭu kó̤-cháu;

    rice straw.

#### kū nî kâi cá tĭu îaⁿ kùe câp gûeh tang kâi tĭu;

    last year the rice of the early crop was better than that harvested in the tenth month.

#### phah kâi tĭu tîaⁿ;

    make an area for drying paddy.

#### tĭu-thâu;

    stubble from the rice fields.

#### múaⁿ-tī-kò̤ kâi tĭu-phîe ngía căi;

    the growing rice everywhere is very beautiful.

#### nín kò̤ kâi tĭu kuah a būe?

    Is the rice harvest gathered yet at your place?

#### tĭu-sūi;

    heads of rice.

#### tĭu-kó̤;

    rice stalks.

#### tĭu-sūi tōa kah pá, tĭu-kó̤ khṳt i thūi kàu ût lô̤h khṳ̀;

    the heads of the rice are large and full, so that the stalks are dragged down flat by their weight.

#### cía cúi ŏi cìm tīo náng kâi tĭu a bŏi?

    Is it likely that this freshet will submerge and spoil our rice?

#### siu khí tĭu lío cū sṳ̆-lí lâi cèng bêh;

    when the rice is gathered in, we prepare to plant the wheat.
* 晝tĭu50727
* Daytime.

#### pêh tĭu chíeⁿ-kiap;

    carried it off in broad daylight.

#### i sĭ sît-căi pĭ tĭu cak mêⁿ;

    he really turns day into night.