# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ut
### ut

* 屈ut458445
* To bend by heat and pressure.

#### ut cîh;

    broke in bending.

#### sòi lí m̄ ut, tōa cū nt chut kut;

    if yon do not bend him when he is small, when he is full grown he will have his bones dislocated in order to bend him.

#### íang o̤(illegible text) ío, ĕ-j(illegible text)t o̤h ut;

    after spoiling him by indulgence it will be difficult to train him aright.

#### ut i tît;

    bend it straight.

#### ut kàu sì-cìaⁿ sì-ciaⁿ;

    bend it into the correct shape.

#### kúaⁿ cí-hûe sòi cū tîeh cai ut;

    avail youself of this time when he is still young, to mould his character aright.

#### ut cò̤ tek kau-íⁿ;

    make it into a bamboo chair.

#### ut i wn;

    bend it into a curve.

#### aìⁿ ut tît, tîeh khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ pue;

    if you want to straighten it by pressure, you must heat it gradually by the fire.
* 熨ut10558611
* To smooth cloth with a hot iron.

#### ut-tau;

    a sad-iron, or a smoothing-iron that holds coals.

#### ut i-hôk;

    to iron clothes.

#### khîa ki ut-táu lâi ut saⁿ-khò;

    bring the sad-iron and iron the clothes.

#### ut tît-tît;

    iron it smooth.

#### ut khṳ̀ m̄ cíam-côih;

    it is not ironed straight.

#### màiⁿ ut kàu sie tîeh;

    do not scorch it in ironing it.
* 鬱ut113919219
* Surly and careworn; irritated, vexed, desponding; worked upon.

#### ut-cût;

    melancholy; coroding care.

#### ut-ì;

    surly.

#### ut-khì;

    pent up; repressed.

#### tó lăi ut-kak;

    sullen; brooding over wrong.

#### khì-hueh ut-kak kín;

    the humors are closely pent up.

#### úa thóiⁿ i kâi īeⁿ ut-ut cût-cût;

    he appears to me to be brooding over some secret grief.

#### sim lăi ak-ut, m̄ song-khùai;

    is troubled in his mind, and ill at ease.

#### ak-ak ut-ut;

    secretly grieving; worn by pent up trouble.

#### sim lăi ut-ak kàu sêng pēⁿ;

    he brooded over his wrongs till he made himself ill.
* 回ût261313
* To turn back; to turn around.

#### ût-tńg thâu;

    turned the head so as to look backward.

#### ût m̄-tńg;

    cannot turn around.

#### chia ût m̄ tńgh;

    cannot turn the cart around.

#### ût tńg sin;

    to turn back.

#### chùi ût kùe lâi;

    turn the spout this way.

#### i kâi mīn cū ût chúa;

    he turned his face the other way.
* 睡ût7821098
* To sleep; to lie down.

#### ût-khṳ̀; gût-khṳ̀;

    to go to bed.

#### i tó̤ tak mâk ût;

    he is dozing.

#### mâk siap, àiⁿ khṳ̀ ût;

    am sleepy, and am going to bed.

#### jw̆n gût, gût m̄ lô̤h;

    whatever way I lie, I cannot go to sleep.

#### īu àiⁿ ût, īu bŏi ût;

    want to go to sleep but cannot.

#### ût kàu cùi-cùi;

    sleeps very soundly.

#### ût-kàu hun-hun mîⁿ-mîⁿ;

    sleeping so soundly as to make it very difficult to rouse him.

#### ût m̄ lă; ût m̄ kàu;

    did not sleep enough.

#### lâi khṳ̀ ût;

    come and go to bed.

#### màiⁿ ût khah ùaⁿ cáu-khí;

    do not sleep too late.

#### pá cîah m̄ jû pá ût;

    it is better to sleep enough than to eat enough.

#### i cē ût khṳ̀ cū kio sí cêk īeⁿ;

    when he once goes to sleep, he sleeps as if he would never wake.

#### ût kàu khô̤-khô̤-hûaⁿ;

    so fast asleep that he snores loudly.

#### pĕ jî bó̤ kíaⁿ ût cò̤ cêk mîn-chn̂g;

    the whole family sleep in one bed.

#### phak tó̤ gût;

    lie sleeping on the face.

#### ût m̄ cai chéⁿ;

    overslept myself.

#### tó̤ lô̤h khṳ̀ ût;

    lie down and take a nap.

#### àⁿ a-nôⁿ ût;

    get the baby to sleep.

#### gût m̄ căi;

    did not sleep well ​

#### a-nôⁿ m̄ hàuⁿ ût;

    the baby will not go to sleep.

#### àiⁿ ût hûeⁿ a ût tît?

    Are you going to lie crosswise or lengthwise?

#### màiⁿ ût chăm-sia;

    do not lie cornerwise.

#### thâu-kah-chat ût;

    lie with heads in opposite directions.

#### saⁿ phìⁿ cìaⁿ ût nŏ̤ phìⁿ;

    slept two thirds of the time.

#### i ût lío ío būe hwn sin tŏ̤-kò̤;

    she scarcely moves after having gone to sleep.

#### cuh-cuh ût; tīam-tīam ût;

    sleep continuously.

#### jît tham cîah, mêⁿ tham ût;

    has a good appetite, and sleeps soundly.

#### ût lô̤h cū àiⁿ jṳ̂ māng;

    has troubled dreams.

#### phî-phî, lí-lí aìⁿ ût;

    languid and drowsy all the time.

#### kám phŭe gût;

    draw the coverlet over you and go to sleep.

#### ût chéⁿ khí-lâi, kâi pēⁿ chin-chĭeⁿ sek tīo khṳ̀;

    after waking up he felt very much better.