# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/thak
### thak

* 踢thak9031578
* To kick.

#### thak tó̤;

    kick over.

#### cang kha khṳ̀ thak i;

    kicked him.

#### khṳt bé thak tîeh;

    kicked by a horse.

#### i kâi ău kha ŏi thak nâng;

    he is apt to kick at people with his hind legs.

#### ìn íⁿ-keng ka-lâuh, khṳt i kâi kha cē thak cū khí lâi;

    when the shuttle-cock had fallen, he sent it up again by a kick.

#### i khṳt i thak sí khṳ̀;

    she was killed by a kick from him.

#### htak kîu;

    play foot-ball.

#### i kìⁿ tîeh i tîeh thak hia;

    whenever she sees him she must bend the knee.

#### i nŏ̤ nâng thâk kha lío khuang-phìen i;

    the one gave the other a hint by a little kick and both combined to befool him.

#### thak m̄ khui sin;

    could not kick it away.
* 塞thak7283210
* To stop up, to plug up, to cork up.

#### chūe kò̤ cháu-cúa kio i thak tìaⁿ;

    get a piece of brown paper and plug it up.

#### hṳ́ kâi khang tîeh chūe kò̤ cîeh lâi thak cìaⁿ thak tit cŭ;

    must get a stone to stop up that hole with and then it will remain stopped.

#### cúi lâk li tōa, hía-suaⁿ-thô thak lô̤h khṳ̀ cū khṳt i pûn tīo;

    the force of the stream is considerable, and if you stop it up with earth it will be ​swept away.

#### kò̤ mîⁿ ùn îeh thak-pàng hĭⁿ-khang-kháu;

    a bit of cotton dipped in medicine and put in the ear.

#### jûe kò̤ cháu-cúa thak i kâi phīⁿ-khang;

    rolled up a paper pellet and plugged up his nostril.
* 剔thak903188
* To pick at or dig at.

#### thak khí;

    pick the teeth.

#### khí-thak;

    a tooth-pick.

#### khîeh ki mûeh khṳ̀ thak, cē thak i cū chut lâi;

    take something and pick at it and as soon as you give it a dig it will come out.

#### sĭ i thie-thak kàu i seⁿ khì;

    he has kept picking at her till she is vexed.

#### i īa màiⁿ thie-thie thak-thak to bŏi seⁿ sṳ̄;

    if he were not always harping on it, no disturbance would have risen.
* 塌thak8433210

#### cau-thak;

    to knock about; to waste uselessly; to treat carelessly; to fail in showing proper respect towards.

#### màiⁿ cau-thak tīo mûeh-kĭaⁿ;

    do not put things under useless wear and tear.

#### i to sĭ hìeⁿ-seⁿ cau-thak i;

    that is the way he knocks it about.

#### tŏng-put-tŏng, cū cau-thak nâng;

    whatever else he does not do, he gives people occasion to be vexed with him.
* 刺thak1035186
* To pole a boat on the mud or in very shallow water.

#### cûn cē thak khui cū ŭ huang;

    as soon as the boat is shoved off there will be wind.

#### tîeh khîeh ki cíeⁿ khṳ̀ thak cìaⁿ ŭ lâk;

    must take an oar to thrust into the mud, then you can make your strength effective.
* 韃thak84117713
* A nomadic tribe anciently dwelling on the northwest.

#### thak-kíaⁿ;

    a term of contempt for the Mongols.

#### chìo kùe thak-kíaⁿ, màiⁿ thīn i;

    they are more powerful than Mongols, do not molest them.
* 𠯑thak493304
* To stop up the mouth; a stopper.

#### cun-thak;

    a bottle-stopper.

#### câng cúi-mîⁿ-châ lâi thak cìaⁿ bŏi sîap khì;

    stop it up with a cork, then it won't lose its strength.

#### kò̤ thak, thak lío, pôih m̄ chut;

    having put in the stopper, I cannot pull it out.

#### chūe kò̤ lâi thak;

    get something to stop it up with.
* 讀thâk92314915
* To read aloud; to study.

#### thâk cṳ, thâk si, thâk keng;

    to read essays, poems, and rituals.

#### cwn sim thâk cū kōi pat;

    give your whole mind to the study of it, and you will easily learn it.

#### sim cù-cù lâi thâk cū khùe-khùe pat;

    if you study intently you will learn quickly.

#### cĕⁿ-cĕⁿ tīam-tīam thâk;

    study uninterruptedly.

#### thâk khah kùe cū àiⁿ seⁿ mâuⁿ-pēⁿ;

    if you study too hard you will be ill.

#### àm-cĕⁿ thâk;

    read in retirement.

#### thâk sòin siaⁿ;

    read in a low tone.

#### thâk tōa siaⁿ cē;

    read louder.

#### thâk sêk-sêk;

    read it till it is thoroughly learned.

#### tùe i kâi chùi búe thâk;

    read it after him.

#### tùi thâk kùe lío;

    have already compared it with the other copy, by following this with the eye while the other was read aloud.

#### kin-nî tŏ̤ tī-kò̤ thâk?

    What are you studying this year?
* 滴thâk9018511
* To drip.

#### khṳt i thâk ta cē;

    let it drip dry.

#### bí cìm lío khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ khṳt i thâk tīo cúi;

    after soaking the rice let it gradually drip till all the water drips out.