# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/thun
### thun

* 呑thun929304
* To swallow; to swallow up.

#### khah tōa kò̤ thun m̄ lô̤h;

    it is so large I cannot swallow it.

#### i sĭ thun kim sí khṳ̀;

    he killed himself by swallowing gold-leaf.

#### cò̤ tōa chùi thun lô̤h khṳ̀;

    swallow it down at one gulp.

#### pùaⁿ thun pùaⁿ thò;

    told one half and kept back the rest.

#### cêk ē thun mûeh âu-lêng cu(illegible text) thìaⁿ;

    whenever I swallow anything it hurts my throat.

#### kâm tīaⁿ màiⁿ thun lô̤h khṳ̀;

    hold it in your mouth but do not swallow it.

#### i sĭ àiⁿ thun cîah i;

    he is going to devour it.

#### cìeⁿ-seⁿ būe lă khṳ̂t i thun khṳ̀;

    there is not enough to satisfy his rapacity.

#### míen ùn chò, ka-n̂ng thun;

    swallow it whole, without dipping it in vinegar.

#### hía cṳ-cheh cò̤-nî chîp, chîp kàu ùn chò hó̤ thun;

    that book is so dog-eared than you might dip it in vinegar and swallow it.

#### i jím khì thun siaⁿ kú lío;

    he has silently endured obloquy a long time.

#### thóiⁿ tîeh tó̤ thun nŭaⁿ;

    seeing it makes his month water.

#### kak kok tó̤ sie thun-pìaⁿ, tōa li thun-pìaⁿ sòi, khîang li thun-pìaⁿ jîak;

    the different states seize upon and swallow up each other, the great swallow up the small, and the strong the weak.

#### i lún kàu cêk chùi hueh cū thun lô̤h khṳ̀;

    he endured till the limit of endurance was reached.

#### thun lío kéⁿ tŏ̤ âu-lêng;

    stuck in his throat as he swalloed it.

#### khṳt i hio-thun ŭ nŏ̤ peh ngṳ̂n khṳ̀;

    lost two hundred dollars through him.
* 迍邅thûn-cien103
* Unable to go on; baffled.

#### cía sǹg sĭ i kâi mīaⁿ-ūn thûn-cien;

    this is surely an adverse fate.
* 屯thûn929451
* The beginning of growth; to collect together; to being under one control; a place where soldiers live; a resident camp.

#### móng kò̤ thûn ŭ piaⁿ mē?

    Are there any soldiers colonized in that place?

#### kak chù kâi ìo-kháu to thûn ŭ piaⁿ-bé tŏ̤-kò̤;

    the important passes everywhere have a resident military force there.

#### hṳ́ kò̤ kâi piaⁿ thûn ŭ jîeh cōi?

    How many military colonists are settled there?

#### cía châng soiⁿ-cá sĭ thûn châng;

    these fields were formerly alloted to resident soldiers who tilled them.

#### thûn châng só̤ lâp kâi nîe kìe-cò̤ thûn co;

    the revenue received from the tax on land tilled by resident troops is called the rent from such land.

#### hái-îeⁿ kūi ŭ kâi thûn-pâng, sĭ cwn lí thún-co kâi sṳ̄;

    the Hai Ie district yamun has a department whose sole business is the rental of fields alloted to resident troops.
* 煤thûn585869
* The soot or cinders from fire.

#### tíaⁿ khîeh khṳ̀ kueh tīo húe-thûn;

    take the kettle and go and scrape off the soot.

#### in-tâng kâi húe-thûn kău căi;

    the chimney is thick with soot.
* 塡thūn8983210
* To fill with earth; to level the earth by filling holes.

#### thūn thô;

    to fill in with mud.

#### cí kâi khut àiⁿ thūu kàu pêⁿ;

    will fill this pit and make it level.

#### hái-phîaⁿ thūn cò̤ tī;

    make land by filling in a portion of mud flat.

#### cíaⁿ ce(illegible text)ⁿ bô̤ ēng, tîeh thūn ti(illegible text)o lío lêng-ūaⁿ lío kâi;

    this well is of no use, we must fill it up and dig another.

#### thô īa m̄ taⁿ tīo cū ùi thūn-sak tîeh kau-lō;

    if you do ​not carry away this earth there is danger that it will fill up and obstruct the drain.

#### thūn kàu i múaⁿ-múaⁿ khí lâi;

    fill it in quite to the top.

#### cang cîeh lâi thūn;

    fill it in with stones.