# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/pe
### pepe

* 把pé644644
* A faggot; a bundle; a classifier of things held in the hand; a single handful.

#### cêk pé châ;

    a bundle of faggots.

#### cêk pé tṳ̄;

    a bundle of chopsticks.

#### pâk cò̤ cêk pé;

    tie them up in a bundle.

#### cêk pé cêk pé;

    bunch by bunch.

#### líam húe-pé chīeⁿ lō;

    light a torch to illumine the way.

#### i khṳ̀ ŭ kâi pé gûeh;

    he has been gone about a month.

#### cía tâk kàu peh pé ngṳ̂n;

    this is worth about a hundred dollars.

#### i kâi chíu-pé ho̤h tŏa;

    he has very large arms.

#### cē sa cū cìaⁿ pé;

    as soon as you rake it up you will get a bundle.

#### meⁿ pé bí pun i;

    took up a handful of rice and gave it to him.

#### meⁿ pé îam lài lô̤h;

    take up a handful of salt and put it in.
* 爬pê646874
* To scratch.

#### pê thâu-khak;

    to scratch the head.

#### pê cĭeⁿ;

    scratch where it itches.

#### saⁿ nî kòi ciah lă lṳ́ pê;

    scratching itch scars that are three years old is as much work as you care to do.

#### khin-khin pê;

    scratch lightly.

#### it-khùai, thǹg bûeh pê kha;

    the greatest comfort is to take off your stockings and scratch your feet. ​
* 匍pê715207
* To creep; to crawl.

#### chit cŏ̤ poih pê káu hwt gê;

    sit up at seven months old, creep at eight and teeth at nine.
* 蚑pê3431424
* To crawl, as worms do.

#### sêng-peh thâng pê cêk koiⁿ, chi-gî căi;

    the caterpillars from the fir trees are crawling everywhere, and rendering all places horrible.

#### cêk tīo pê tŏ̤ lṳ́ sin tèng;

    there is one crawling upon you.
* 耙pê6451274
* A drag; a rake; to harrow.

#### lôi, pê, cúi-chia;

    ploughs, harrows and water-wheels; farming implements.

#### khîa ki khau-pê khṳ̀ khau cháu;

    take a rake and rake out the weeds.

#### pê châng;

    harrow a field.

#### phah sua pê;

    an instrument for clearing water courses from sand.

#### pê khui;

    rake open.

#### thih pê;

    an iron rake.
* 蟛pê66217212
* ; pê-khî;
    a small land-crab common in rice-fields.

#### âng kha pê-khî;

    red clawed land crabs.
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* ; pê-thâu;
    a trident; a three pronged fork, used as a weapon in battle.
* 父pĕ147880
* A father; an ancestor.

#### seⁿ pĕ;

    he who begot me.

#### pĕ chin;

    own father.

#### ngĭ pĕ;

    adopted father.

#### pĕ cip;

    my father's friends.

#### peh pĕ, cek pĕ;

    father's elder and younger brother.

#### pĕ hiaⁿ kà kíaⁿ-tĭ to sĭ kà i hó̤;

    when fathers and elder brothers teach the children of a family, they are always well taught.

#### pĕ-bó̤ kuaⁿ;

    our district magistrate.

#### thî-kìu pĕ sṳ;

    examine his father and his teacher.

#### i tâng sòi bô̤ pĕ bô̤ bó̤;

    from his infancy he has had neither father nor mother.

#### có pĕ;

    grandfather.

#### ceng có pĕ;

    great grandfather.

#### kau có pĕ;

    great great grandfather.

#### ngák pĕ;

    wife's father.

#### tâng-nî pĕ;

    the father of a friend born in the same year as myself.

#### i kâi pĕ có īa sĭ thí-mīn kâi nâng;

    his ancestors also were people of repute.

#### jû ló ău-pĕ;

    hatred like that toward a step-father.

#### pĕ bó̤ sieh kíaⁿ kâi sim, bô̤ só put cì;

    the affection of parents toward their children has no limit.

#### thiⁿ ĕ bô̤ put sĭ ti pĕ bó̤;

    nothing under heaven can render our parents anything but our parents.