# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ie
### ie

* 䙅ie10741459
* A waistband; a classifier of garments having waistbands.

#### cêk ie khò;

    a pair of trowsers.

#### i pâk cêk ie âng kûn;

    she wears a red petticoat.
* 腰ie10741309
* The loins; the waist; the back.

#### hâ ie;

    gird the loins.

#### ie-tòa;

    a girdle.

#### ku ie;

    round shouldered.

#### thŏiⁿ ie;

    hunchbacked.

#### thŏiⁿ heng, thŏiⁿ ie;

    humpbacked and humpbreasted.

#### ie cí;

    the kidneys.

#### ie-ciah kut; ie kut;

    the backbone.

#### nău tîeh ie;

    strained his back.

#### cûah tieh īe-ciah-kut;

    sprained his back.

#### tǹg tîeh ie-ciah-kut;

    dislocated his spine.

#### tǹg cîh ie-ciah-kut;

    broke his back.

#### pûah cîh ie-ciah-kut;

    fell and broke his back.

#### lṳ́ sĭ bô̤ ie-ciah-kut a m̄ sĭ!

    Have not you got any back-bone!

#### úa ie;

    lean the back against.

#### pâk ie;

    tie around the waist.

#### pâk īe tòa;

    tighten the girdle.

#### phang-ie;

    small waisted, like a bee.

#### lin-liang ie;

    a waist like a wasp's.

#### īe cám;

    cut in two in the middle, as a punishment.

#### pīn pùaⁿ ie côih lô̤h khṳ̀;

    cut it in two in the middle.

#### pâk ui-ie;

    wear a loin cloth.

#### liu ie;

    a slender supple waist.

#### ha ie;

    bow by bending at the waist only.

#### ie thìaⁿ;

    backache.

#### tûi ie;

    beat the back to ease pain.

#### lám i kâi ĕ ie;

    lift him off his feet, clasping him around the waist.
* 挹íe1097647
* To bale out.

#### íe cho̤h cúi;

    dip out some water.

#### khîeh ki kóng khṳ̀ íe;

    take the dipper and bale it out.

#### bô̤ mûeh hó̤ íe;

    have nothing to dip with.
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* A kiln; to bake in a kiln.

#### hĭa îe; sie hĭa îe;

    a kiln where tiles and bricks are baked.

#### kih kâi hĭa îe;

    build a kiln.

#### hûi îe;

    a kiln for baking pottery.

#### îe mn̂g;

    the mouth of the kiln.

#### tīu phùa îe;

    lives in an old kiln; a vagrant.
* 搖îe10756410
* To vibrate; to sway; to wag.

#### îe ló;

    work a scull.

#### îe búe;

    wags his tail.

#### îe leng;

    ring a hand bell.

#### îe thâu;

    to shake the head.

#### i cē thiaⁿ tîeh, thâu îe búe hìⁿ;

    as soon as he heard it his head wagged and his tail flopped.

#### lṳ́ kîaⁿ lō màiⁿ îe-a-îe;

    do not swagger when you walk.

#### i kîaⁿ lō to sī îe koiⁿ sin kîaⁿ;

    he always sways to and fro as he walks.

#### huang cē chue cū tó̤ îe;

    whenever the wind blows it swings to and fro.

#### tĭⁿ-tĭⁿ, îe câk;

    full measure, shaken down.
* 搖ĭe10756410
* To rattle; to shake; to joggle.

#### hàm bōi ĭe kó kai, lâi bói sùaⁿ;

    call the rattle man here, and buy some sewing silk.

#### bói kâi ĭe-nâ lâi ĭe a-nôⁿ;

    buy a cradle to rock the baby in.

#### lâi khṳ̀ ĭe hŭe;

    let's form a loan association.

#### ĭe chiam pok khṳ̀e;

    shake the tallies and divine.

#### tâh tîeh ĭe-ló;

    if you step on it, it rattles.

#### ĭe i chéⁿ;

    shake him and waken him.

#### tîeh soih kàu bŏi ĭe-ló;

    you must prop it so that it won't joggle.

#### cîah lău, khí cū ĭe-ló;

    when old the teeth are loose.

#### khṳt i hó̤ ĭe thit-thô̤;

    let him amuse himself by rattling it.

#### ĭe i lok-lok-kìe;

    shook it and made it rattle.

#### m̄ hó̤ ĭe;

    do not joggle it.

#### ĭe lío cū àiⁿ hẃn cúi;

    if you joggle it will turn to water.

#### ĭe tîeh hṳ ́tói hŵn-lío ŭ;

    can tell by shaking it that there is still some inside.
* 鳶īe11331963
* The kite; its scream portends wind.

#### kô cúa-īe;

    make a paper kite.

#### cí kâi cúa-īe pàng lâi kûiⁿ căi;

    the kite has been sent very high.

#### khùe kùe īe;

    swifter than a kite.