# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/kok

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### kokkok

* 谷kok4531500
* A gully; a gulch; the bed of a torrent.

#### suaⁿ-kok;

    a ravine.

#### i khĭa-khí tŏ̤ suaⁿ-kok-lok tói;

    he lives away off in a mountain wady.

#### tùi cí suaⁿ-kok-lok tói jîp khṳ̀ cū sĭ;

    go in through this wady, that is the way.
* 國kok491318
* A state, a kingdom, a country, a nation, a people; national; government.

#### pńg kok;

    own country.

#### gūa kok;

    foreign lands.

#### pâk kok; tha kok;

    other nations.

#### bw̄n kok;

    all nations.

#### kū kok;

    fatherland; the old country.

#### i tńg khṳ̀ kū kok;

    he has returned to his native land.

#### kok kun;

    sovereign.

#### kok bó̤;

    the empress.

#### kok ûang;

    princes.

#### kok sṳ;

    royal astrologers.

#### tŏ̤ tī cêk kok-tō?

    What country is it in?

#### chêng-lí bw̄n kok cū tăi-khài sie tâng;

    those usages which are founded in reason, are much alike in all countries.

#### lī-sôk bw̄n kok cū kak-kak m̄ tâng;

    customs differ in all different lands.

#### kak kok kak kok kâi hong-sôk;

    each nation has its own peculiar ways of doing things.

#### hīu-khek thiⁿ-ĕ ŭ jîeh cōi tōa kok?

    How many great nations are there now in the world?

#### thong thiⁿ-ĕ bw̄n kok;

    all nations under heaven.

#### sam kok;

    the three states which divided China from A.D. 222 to 265.

#### líang kok sie thâi;

    the two countries are at war.

#### kok huap; kok-ke kâi huap-lût;

    the laws of the country.

#### suaⁿ kok;

    a mountainous country.

#### cêk kok;

    a country of which a large portion of the surface is watered.

#### thó kok;

    a country which contains a large proportion of dry land.

#### cṳ̆ khui kok íⁿ lâi, būe ŭ;

    from the foundation of the state until now it has not been so.

#### kok sṳ̄ sĭ tī-tîang tó̤ cóng-

​lí?
    Who is managing the national affairs?

#### i kâi kok-cèng hó̤ mē?

    Are their national affairs in good condition?

#### kok thài, mîn uaⁿ;

    when the country is at peace, the people are comfortable.

#### thŵn kok jîeh cōi tŏ̤;

    handed down the throne to many generations.

#### kùe kok;

    leave the country.

#### gūa-kok kio tong-kok hûa-háu;

    other countries are on amicable terms with China.

#### tăi-múiⁿ-kok; hue-kî-kok;

    the United States.

#### tăi-eng-kok;

    Great Britain.

#### tăi-huap-kok;

    France.

#### tăi-ngô̤-kok;

    Russia.

#### jît-pún-kok;

    Japan.

#### ang-lâm-kok;

    Anam.

#### lîn-khîu-kok;

    Corea.

#### sīam-lô̤ kok;

    Siam.

#### pît-lú kok;

    Peru.

#### ìn-tō kok; thien-cok-kok;

    India.

#### míen-tĭen-kok;

    Thibet.

#### thó-jṳ́-ki-kok;

    Turkey.

#### ai-kîp-kok;

    Egypt.

#### îu-thài-kok;

    Judea.
* 穀kok45311510
* Corn; grains; cereals; virtuous ; in medicine, fecal matter.

#### ngŏ kok;

    all kinds of grain.

#### peh kok;

    every sort of cereal.

#### kok tău;

    the fecal passage.

#### kok tău m̄ thong;

    bowels are constipated.

#### cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ sĭ kua cíⁿ kok, a kua hîaⁿ míaⁿ?

    Is this business to bo referred to the clerk in the prefects office, or to the legal counsel who manages criminal cases in the local court?
* 𠔠kok11171210
* To boil down; to stew.

#### m̄ cai kwn, kok kàu cúi ta khṳ̀;

    was not looking after it, and it boiled dry.

#### kok-kok-kìe;

    the noise of rapid boiling.

#### kok cêk kùa le khá hó̤ lío;

    it has boiled a half day and must be done.