# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ek
### êk

* 浴êk1139857
* To bathe; to wash the body.

#### sói-êk;

    to bathe.

#### câng-êk;

    take a shower bath.

#### phah-êk;

    a plunge bath.

#### jṳ̂-êk;

    a sponge bath.

#### sói-êk koiⁿ;

    a bath room.

#### êk tn̂g;

    a bathing establishment.

#### sói chìn cúi êk;

    bathe in cold water.

#### lô̤h khoi khṳ̀ sói-êk;

    go to the river to bathe.
* 液êk1095858
* The juices of the body.

#### cin-êk;

    saliva.

#### seⁿ cin-êk;

    produces saliva.

#### chùi tèng bô̤ mih cin-êk;

    my mouth is rather dry.
* 溢êk10928510
* To overflow; to run over.

#### êk chut lâi;

    to overflow.

#### khah múaⁿ cū àiⁿ êk tīo;

    if it is too full, it will run over.

#### khîeh khṳ̀ pôk-pôk êk;

    spilled it as he went.

#### màiⁿ êk cêk koiⁿ cúi;

    do not spill the water around.

#### êk cêk sin cúi;

    spilled the water all over him.

#### tê màiⁿ sai khah tĭⁿ cìaⁿ bŏi êk tīo;

    do not pour the teacups too full, then they will not run over.
* 翼êk109312411
* Flanks or wings; assistants.

#### ú-êk;

    adherents, supporters, helps, accomplices, aids.

#### sĭ i kâi ú-êk;

    is his adherent.

#### hun cò̤ có̤ ĭu êk;

    set apart as right and left hand supporters.

#### có̤ êk tíeⁿ;

    chief of the staff.

#### có̤-êk-cóng-piaⁿ;

    a Manchu lieutenant commander.
* 譯êk109414913
* To interpret; to translate.

#### êk ūe;

    to interpret speech.

#### êk jī;

    to translate written passages.

#### êk cṳ;

    translate books.

#### hwn êk kuaⁿ;

    official interpreters.

#### cang sai-kok ūe êk cò̤ tong-kok ūe;

    translate European languages into Chinese.

#### cí kâi tī-hng bô̤ nâng ŏi êk ūe;

    there is no one here who can act as interpreter.

#### cí kù ūe êk chut lâi sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ tàⁿ;

    this sentence is thus translated.
* 腋êk10951308
* The arm-pits; the fur under the fore legs of animals.

#### hû-êk khîu;

    a robe made from the fur under the legs of foxes.

#### cîp êk sêng khîu;

    he collects bits of fur from under the legs of foxes to make his robe; he asks aid from everybody.

#### cí īeⁿ îeh ŏi tī êk-hìuⁿ;

    this medicine will cure fetor of the arm-pits.
* 易êk281724
* To change; to exchange.

#### kói-êk; pìen-êk;

    to change.

#### kau-êk;

    to barter.

#### bŏi î-êk;

    unchangeable.

#### î-êk hong-sôk;

    modify the prevailing custom.

#### seng-lí mòng-êk;

    trade is mutable.

#### keng-êk ūi-chṳ̀;

    exchange locations.
* 盪êk85910812
* To swash about.

#### cúi êk lâi êk khṳ̀;

    the water swashes to and fro.

#### taⁿ hó̤-hó̤, i cū bŏi hìeⁿ êk;

    carry it gently and then it will not swash over.

#### pôk-pôk êk;

    to swash up and down, as water in a pail that is shaken.
* 臆êk109313013
* The heart or breast, the thoughts, the feelings.

#### êk-kìen;

    prejudices; notions; opinions biased by feelings.

#### i sĭ pêng i kâi êk-kìen cū tó̤ kói-sueh;

    he explains it in accordance with his preconceived notions.

#### cía sĭ kìe-cò̤ êk sueh, m̄sĭ tīaⁿ-tîeh cìeⁿ-seⁿ sueh;

    this may be called a whimsical exposition, it is not necessarily thus explained.

#### cêk nâng kâi êk-tẁn būe ceok ûi cún;

    the judgment of one person is not sufficient to form a criterion.
* 㑊êk109396

#### cîah-êk;

    a disease, in which there is a voracious appetite, while the patient grows thin: it is probably caused by tape-worm.
* 億êk1092913
* A hundred thousands.

#### câp bw̄n ûi êk;

    ten ten thousands are a hundred thousands.

#### êk tĭo;

    myriads.