# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/oi
### oioi

* 偎oi104799
* To hug; to lean on; loving.

#### oi kŭn i sin-piⁿ;

    snuggles up to her.

#### oi kàu bûa-bûa;

    to hug close, (as a mother her child).

#### i cŏ̤ pàng kò̤ oi-oi úa-úa;

    he lounges about when he sits.

#### i kiaⁿ-ùi nâng oi-khoi tîeh i;

    he is afraid some one may lean on him; he is afraid he may have to spend something for some body.

#### oi-úa tŏ̤ i koiⁿ thâu;

    leaning on his shoulder.
* 挨oi1647
* To crowd; contiguous; seriatim.

#### sie oi sie léng;

    to jostle each other.

#### oi-oi cìⁿ-cìⁿ;

    push and crowd.

#### oi tit kùe;

    can crowd through.

#### oi bŏi tit kùe;

    cannot shoulder my way through.

#### oi ke mn̂g-hŏ khṳ̀ chê;

    go from door to door examining (as in taking a census).

#### oi tîeh kòng;

    a selected sìu-châi, not yet a kṳ́-jîn.

#### oi chṳ̀ sŭ;

    the next in regular sequence.
* 矮ói21118
* Low of stature ; dumpy.

#### ói kíaⁿ;

    a pigmy.

#### ói-jîn;

    dwarfs.

#### ói-kha lô̤;

    to waddle.

#### ói nâng thóiⁿ sṳ̄;

    a dwarf beholding a play.

#### ói nâng to̤ sim sṳ̄;

    small people are full of projects.

#### kìe kâi a-ói lâi thèⁿ;

    get a dwarf to prop it up. (said in derision of inefficiency).

#### m̄ kûiⁿ, m̄ ói;

    medium sized.

#### kûiⁿ kâi khah kûiⁿ, ói kâi khah ói;

    they are all too tall or too short.

#### chn̂g khah ói;

    the table is too squat.

#### màiⁿ teh ói khṳ̀;

    do not crush him into a dwarf.

#### ói pûh chîak;

    pursy.

#### ói sòi;

    stumpy.
* 挨òi1647
* To force one’s way; to press forward.

#### i li-li òi-bûa khṳ̀;

    he kept pressing on toward it.

#### òi kàu hṳ́ piⁿ-piⁿ kò̤;

    elbowed his way to the very edge of it.

#### cèng nâng toah côi cū òi jîp khṳ̀;

    they all shouted in concert and forced their way in.

#### òi cìn-côiⁿ;

    to press forward.
* 鞋ôi1871776
* Shoes.

#### phûe ôi;

    leather shoes.

#### tîn-ôi;

    rattan slippers.

#### cúi ôi;

    shoes impervious to water.

#### kang ôi;

    shoes with felt soles.

#### châ ôi;

    shoes with wooden soles.

#### cháu ôi;

    straw sandals.

#### ôi tói;

    the sole of a shoe.

#### ói mīn;

    the uppers.

#### ôi thâu;

    the toe.

#### ôi ău-teⁿ; ôi búe;

    the heel.

#### ôi chîeⁿ;

    the sides.

#### ôi phīⁿ;

    the welts on the toe.

#### ôi phīⁿ sim;

    the space between the welts.

#### ôi mn̂g;

    the binding.

#### ôi kám;

    the inside sole.

#### ôi lí;

    the lining.

#### chĭeⁿ ôi;

    to join the tops and soles.

#### pâk ôi tói;

    make the soles.

#### tèng ôi;

    to bind shoes.

#### só̤ ôi;

    sew the seams in the uppers.

#### i cwn tó̤ côih ôi-mīn-thiap bōi nâng;

    his business is solely that of cutting out the stiffening of the
​uppers, and selling them.

#### cò̤ ôi kâi nâng;

    shoemakers.

#### pó ôi hùe;

    cobblers.

#### hùn ôi;

    to shape shoes on a last.

#### ôi hùn;

    a last.

#### ôi tói so̤h;

    waxed ends.

#### ôi chio;

    a shoe horn.

#### ôi sueh;

    a shoe brush.

#### oi lioh;

    slippers without heels.

#### ôi màiⁿ kîaⁿ lío tó̤ lioh, lioh lío, ôi kōi hāi;

    do not ran your shoes down at the heels, when shoes are run down at the heel they wear out quickly.

#### i tó̤ kîaⁿ ôi to sĭ lioh-a-lioh;

    in walking he always goes slipshod.

#### cêk sang ôi;

    a pair of shoes.

#### nŏ̤ ciah ôi, ciah tōa, ciah sòi;

    two shoes, one larger than the other.

#### chēng ôi;

    put on shoes.

#### thǹg tīo ôi;

    take off shoes.

#### cí koi phò kâi ôi īeⁿ cò̤ lâi ngía;

    in this shop the shoes are made of a handsome shape.

#### ôi khîeh khṳ̀ póiⁿ ôiⁿ-phîaⁿ khṳt i phâk;

    take the shoes and turn their sides to the sun, and let them sun.

#### póiⁿ ôi tói;

    turn the shoes soles upward.

#### cíeⁿ ôi; sek ôi;

    colored and ornamented shoes.

#### tn̄g ôi;

    satin shoes.

#### o pò ôi;

    plain black cloth shoes.

#### i tó̤ cò̤ khóiⁿ ôi hue kâi kang-hu;

    her work is that of making the ornaments for shoes.
* 會ŏi264739
* Apt; expert ; skilled in; likely to cause or be; probably; likely; a sign of the future when preceding another verb.

#### i ŏi cò̤ nâng;

    she knows how to treat people.

#### cí ciah káu ŏi̤ kă nâng a bŏi?

    Is this dog apt to bite people?

#### cí ciah ío ŏi tōa;

    this one grows faster.

#### i ío ŏi cò̤;

    he is more apt at it.

#### chíu ŏi thìaⁿ a bŏi?

    Does your hand ache?

#### i thâu-khak ŏi hîn;

    her head aches.

#### lṳ́ thóiⁿ i koiⁿ-chù ŏi tó̤ khṳ̀ mē?

    Do you think his house is likely to tumble down?

#### cîah li ŏi, thàng li bŏi;

    is good at disposing of food but not at earning it.

#### phīⁿ li phīⁿ, bô̤ mih hó̤;

    as to cheapness, it is cheap enough, but it is not good for much.

#### ŏi chìn a bŏi?

    Are you cold?

#### ŏi lôh hŏ mē?

    It is likely to rain?

#### mn̄g thóiⁿ cîⁿ-kè ŏi tōa mē;

    inquire and find out whether the price is high.
* 能ŏi6161306
* Can; able; competent; power; skill.

#### lṳ́ ŏi a bŏi?

    Can you or can you not?

#### m̄ cai i ŏi tit a bŏi tit;

    do not know whether be can or not?

#### i cò̤ ŏi?

    How can he?

#### cò̤ ŏi cìeⁿ-seⁿ?

    How can that be?

#### ŏi kîaⁿ a bŏi?

    Can he walk?

#### khí-thâu ŏi tàⁿ ūe;

    just beginning to talk.

#### i ío ŏi tàⁿ ūe;

    he is a more fluent speaker.

#### tàⁿ li ŏi, kîaⁿ li bŏi;

    can talk about it, but cannot do it.

#### kĭaⁿ-kĭaⁿ ŏi;

    can do each of these things.

#### híam-híam ŏi;

    can very nearly do it.

#### mih sṳ̄ i to ŏi;

    he can do all sorts of things.