# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/e
### é

* 啞é1066308
* Dumb.

#### é nâng hàuⁿ tàⁿ ūe;

    the dumb are loquacious.

#### ui lâng, ui é, ui cheⁿ-mêⁿ;

    to so cure the patient that he is deaf, dumb, and blind.

#### ău sì tîeh é;

    you will be dumb in the next world, (said in scolding a great talker).

#### i é sîn é kúi;

    he is a dumb fellow.
* 涉ĕ750857
* To wade.

#### ĕ kùe khoi;

    wade across a stream.

#### tìn-tang kò̤ chim, khíong-ùi ĕ m̄ kùe;

    it is deep in the middle, and I fear we cannot wade across.

#### ĕ pīn sim-kuaⁿ-thâu;

    wade in up to the chest.

#### kha màiⁿ ĕ cúi;

    do not step in that puddle.

#### put-phû khò-kha cìaⁿ hó̤ ĕ;

    lift the bottoms of your trowsers, then you can wade.
* 下ĕ18312
* The next; below; under.

#### ĕ chṳ̀;

    the next time.

#### ĕ nî;

    the coming year.

#### ĕ jît;

    some other day soon.

#### táng kàu ĕ kâi gûeh;

    wait until next month.

#### ĕ cūa cìaⁿ khîeh lâi;

    he will bring it the next time.

#### ĕ hăng tîeh cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤;

    next time you must do thus.

#### ĕ chut cò̤-nî cò̤?

    What is to be done next?

#### ĕ pái i m̄ káⁿ;

    another time he will not do so.

#### ĕ hûe, m̄ hó̤;

    do not do so again.

#### ĕ sî;

    another time, hereafter.

#### cīeⁿ ĕ sî cū m̄ sie tâng;

    they were not the same the last time as they were the first time.

#### ĕ sî tîeh cai thóiⁿ;

    another time you must look out.

#### chíu ĕ kâi nâng;

    subordinates.

#### tì ĕ nâng;

    those under your control.

#### kha chíu chek ĕ kâi nâng;

    dependents.

#### mâk ĕ kâi kéng-khùang hó̤ mē?

    Is the immediate prospect good?

#### thong thiⁿ ĕ kâi nâng;

    all people under heaven.

#### lô̤h lâu ĕ;

    gone down stairs.

#### pàng tŏ̤ chn̂g ĕ;

    put it under the table.

#### teh tŏ̤ cí cṳ-cheh ĕ;

    put it under this book.

#### khǹg tŏ̤ tû ĕ;

    hidden under the cupboard.

#### ĕ chíu kang;

    the work of an apprentice.

#### cīeⁿ chíu ciap ĕ chíu;

    there is no interim between the predecessor and successor.

#### cīeⁿ chíu sĭ i tó̤ tīu, ĕ chíu sĭ úa tó̤ tīu;

    first he lived there, and then I did.

#### ĕ pŏ;

    the lower or latter portion.

#### ĕ-hâi;

    the chin.

#### ăm ĕ;

    the neck, below the chin.

#### kha ĕ;

    under foot.

#### kha-mâk ĕ;

    the side of the foot below the ankle bone.

#### ko̤h-tháng-ĕ;

    the armpit.

#### kha-thâu-u ĕ;

    the kneepan.

#### tó-câi ĕ;

    the abdomen.

#### hîap ĕ;

    the side, below the armpit.

#### cīeⁿ pńg thâk ŵn cìaⁿ thâk ĕ pńg;

    read the preceding volumes, then the succeeding.

#### cīeⁿ-kùa cò̤ kàu ĕ-kùa;

    worked from forenoon till afternoon.

#### cīeⁿ tǹg lâu ĕ tng;

    save the preceding meal for the succeeding one.

#### cīe ūi, ĕ ūi;

    higher and lower positions.

#### ko̤h ĕ;

    Your Excellency.

#### cīeⁿ chíu pôiⁿ, ĕ chíu pôiⁿ;

    up and down in a landscape.

#### tŏ̤ hṳ́ ĕ sì;

    down there on the lower level.

#### huang ĕ pôiⁿ, huang ĕ pôiⁿ;

    to windward and to leeward.

#### cīeⁿ lâu pôiⁿ, ĕ lâu ​pôiⁿ;

    the side from which the tide comes in, and the opposite side.

#### tŏ̤ chīu ĕ la-lîang;

    under a tree, enjoying the coolness.

#### cûn tùi kîe ĕ keng-kùe;

    the boat passed under the bridge.

#### cōi nâng chut i kâi mn̂g ĕ;

    many have been under his instruction.

#### cīeⁿ hieⁿ, ĕ hīeⁿ;

    the upper and lower villages.

#### cīe în, ĕ în;

    the upper and lower tiers.

#### ĕ cêk câng;

    the lowest shelf.

#### ĕ câng cṳ;

    the next session.

#### chah tŏ̤ i sit ĕ;

    carried under his wing.

#### cīeⁿ khṳ̀, ĕ khṳ̀;

    the high and low departing tones.

#### cīe phêⁿ, ĕ phêⁿ;

    the upper and lower even tones.

#### pûah tŏ̤ thó ĕ;

    fell down upon the ground.

#### pak ĕ;

    the belly.

#### cûn pak ĕ;

    under the boat.

#### suaⁿ kha ĕ;

    at the base of the hill.
* 下ē18312
* A stroke; a time.

#### cêk ē;

    all together.

#### cêk ē cêk ē;

    stroke by stroke.

#### úa thiaⁿ i phah cêk ē cêk ē hīn-hīn;

    I heard the blows distinctly.

#### ceng híang kúi ē?

    How many times did the clock strike?

#### cêk ē tīaⁿ;

    but once.

#### ŭ jîeh cōi ē?

    How many strokes were there?

#### bô̤ kúi ē cĭu hô̤;

    done at a few strokes.

#### úa thiaⁿ tîeh cōi-cōi ē;

    I heard it many times.

#### lṳ́ táng úa cêk ē cē;

    wait for me an instant.

#### thăi cò̤ cêk ē;

    wait for all to assemble.

#### cò̤ cêk ē khîeh lâi;

    bring them all at once.

#### cŭ cò̤ cêk ē;

    collected in one mass.

#### kap cò̤ cêk ē;

    compiled in one.

#### cò̤ cêk ē lâi khṳ̀;

    go all together.

#### chŵn bô̤ thóiⁿ kù i cêk ē;

    paid no regard whatever to him.
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* Incessant; continually; repeatedly.

#### i ē-ē lâi;

    he came again and again.

#### i ē-ē pat khṳ̀ hṳ́-kò̤;

    he has been there time and again.

#### ē-ē m̄ it-tit;

    am constantly forgetting it.

#### i ē-ē pûah-lôh khṳ̀;

    he keeps falling down.