# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/kia
### kiakia

* 加kia350193
* To add ; to superadd ; to increase ; to confer ; to promote ; to charge as interest.

#### kia ke cêk cho̤h;

    put in some more.

#### kia-hong i kâi kuaⁿ;

    promote him in office.

#### ŭ kia bô̤ kíam;

    there is increase, but no diminution.

#### sĭ kia it thiu a sĭ kia jī thiu?

    Is it to be increased by one tenth or by by two?

#### cía sĭ kia hâm kâi, m̄ sĭ sît ceh;

    this is his nominal rank, not his real office.

#### kia ṳn;

    confer favor.

#### kia ceng;

    to superimpose.
* 佳kia35196
* Beautiful and good.

#### ŭ sĭm-mih kia im?

    What good news is there?

#### lṳ́ kâi kia cak khîeh lâi khṳt úa pài thâk cē;

    bring your elegant composition and let me have the reading of it.

#### i kâi bĭ sĭm kia;

    its flavor is very fine.

#### kia-jîn phûe châi-cṳ́;

    a beautiful lady matched with a talented man.

#### cĭam jîp kia kéng;

    gradually enter into the beautiful scenery of the region.
* 嘉kia3513011
* To commend ; to eulogize.

#### cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ sît căi khó̤ kia;

    this is really praiseworthy.

#### chîo-thêng cêng kia-cìang i kâi kong-lâu;

    the government commended his public spirit.
* 假kía35299
* Supposing that; if; for instance; to transfer; leave of absence; a furlough.

#### lṳ́ kía-jû àiⁿ lâi li soiⁿ tàⁿ;

    should you make up your mind to come, then let us know beforehand.

#### kía-sái i ā m̆ le cò̤-nî nē?

    Supposing that he will not do it, what then?

#### kía chíu khṳt pât nâng cò̤;

    transfer it to another person, that he may do it.

#### thiⁿ kía cṳ ŵn;

    heaven gave the chance.

#### hû kía hóⁿ ui;

    the fox takes advantage of the tiger's majesty.

#### kò kía;

    ask leave of absence.

#### kía-jîak ā-sĭ ŭ lṳ́ àiⁿ mē?

    If there should be some, do you want them?

#### kía múaⁿ lío;

    his furlough has expired. ​
* 寄kìa339408
* To hand over to another to carry ; to deliver into the charge of another; to remain awhile in a house.

#### kìa sìn;

    send a letter.

#### cí kò̤ sìn khîeh khṳ̀ kìa;

    take this letter and post it.

#### lú àiⁿ kìa sìn khṳ̀ chù mē? àiⁿ li, úa kò̤ sìn thòa kìa lṳ́;

    Are you going to send a letter home? If so, I will send one along with it.

#### lṳ́ cīeⁿ jît kìa kâi sìn, úa cih tîeh lío;

    I have received the letter you sent the other day.

#### lṳ́ ŭ tah kha nâng hó̤ kìa mē?

    Have you given it to any one to post?

#### lṳ́ cīeⁿ jît sĭ kìa câp níe ngṳ̂n lâi a m̄ sĭ?

    You sent ten taels the other day did you not?

#### úa hŵn-lío kìa ŭ nŏ̤ kĭaⁿ mûeh tŏ̤ kò̤, cò̤-nî bô̤ siu tîeh?

    I sent two articles besides, and why were they not also received?

#### cí kò̤ sìn khîeh khṳ̀ kìa húe-cûn, cí kò̤ kìa tō-cûn, cí kò̤ kìa pàng sìn-kêk-kò̤;

    take this letter and put it on board the steam-boat to be carried, take this one and forward it by the ferry boat, and take this one and put it in the post-office.

#### i kìa kháu sìn lâi kāng úa tàⁿ;

    he sent a letter to tell me.

#### lṳ́ īa àiⁿ khṳ̀ li úa àiⁿ kìa-hṳ̄ lṳ́ nŏ̤ kṳ̀ ūe;

    if you are going I want to entrust a short message to you to carry.

#### úa cí kĭaⁿ mûeh kìa tho̤h lṳ́;

    I entrust this to you to carry.

#### cí kĭaⁿ mûeh sĭ pât nâng kìa bōi kâi;

    this is something some one else commissioned me to sell.

#### nâng kìa úa bói cho̤h mûeh būe cêng bói;

    some one asked me to buy some things for him, which I have not yet bought.

#### i ŭ kìa cîⁿ khṳ̀ chṳ̀ mē?

    Has he sent any money home?

#### nâng kìa ŭ kò̤ phoi khṳt lṳ́;

    some one has sent an epistle to you.

#### kìa kò̤ hwn phoi khṳt i a-hiaⁿ;

    dispatch a foreign letter to his brother.

#### kìa ui;

    send paper clothing to a departed friend, by the spirit of one who has more lately died.

#### kìa-ngŏ̤ tŏ̤ i hâng lăi;

    lodge temporarily in his warehouse.

#### i sǹg sĭ kìa kṳ kâi;

    he is a transient visitor.
* 崎kĭa342468
* Steep; sheer; precipitous.

#### cí kâi suaⁿ kĭa, o̤h peh;

    this mountain is steep, and hard to climb.

#### kùe kàu cí kâi kĭa-kĭa kâi nía;

    crossed to this abrupt descent.

#### kĭa-khàm;

    a precipice.

#### cí tîo lō ío kĭa;

    this road is rather steep.

#### kĭa kùe piah, peh căi tit khí?

    It is steeper than a partition wall, and how can it be climbed ?
* 霹kĭa69417313
* To make a crashing noise; a clap.

#### a-kong kĭa leh, m̄ cai sĭ ŭ khà sí sĭm-mûeh;

    the god of thunder is making an uproar, peradventure something has been killed.

#### hó̤-hó̤ sĭ-sĭ lûi-kong kĭa leh;

    when there was nothing to indicate its coming, there was a sudden clap of thunder.

#### a-kong àiⁿ kĭa leh lṳ́ tieh cai;

    it is going to thunder and I forewarn you.