# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/tun
### tun

* 堆tun924328
* To heap up, to pile, to store; a mass, a crowd, a mound, an accumulation, a stack.

#### tun cò̤ cêk tun;

    heap them up in a heap.

#### tun-cek kàu cōi căi;

    amassed a great quantity.

#### tun nŏ̤ càng-pâng múaⁿ-múaⁿ;

    filled two go-downs quite full.

#### cháu tun;

    a straw stack.

#### sua tun;

    a sand heap.

#### cí-hûe kâi bí hó̤ tun;

    the rice is now fit for storing.

#### i cîeⁿ tńg tun bí cìaⁿ thàng tîeh;

    he made a profit, the last time, on the rice that he stored up.

#### c5k tōa tun thùaⁿ;

    a great pile of coal.

#### tun châ;

    pile up wood.

#### nâng-mûeh tun kàu cōi-cōi;

    there is a great crowd of people there.

#### tun lío ŏi sîh kṳn-níe a bŏi?

    Does it lose in weight by being stored up?
* 鈍tun9281674
* Dull; obtuse; blunt.

#### tun to̤ kṳ̀ jîo īu;

    like cutting a withered pumelo with a dull knife.

#### cí ki to̤ khah tun, tîeh khṳ̀ bûa lāi cē;

    this knife is too dull, you must go sharpen it.

#### i kâi cieh tun căi;

    his wits are very obtuse.

#### cí kâi ío tun, hṳ́ kâi ío lêng-lāi;

    this one is rather dull, that one is more quick-witted.

#### i kâi chùi tun căi, bô̤ mih ŏi tàⁿ ūe;

    he is very slow of speech, and not fluent in talking. ​
* 墩tun9273212
* A tumulus; a mound of barrow of regular shape.

#### in-tun;

    a conical chimney within which signal or beacon fires are lighted.
* 諄tun1031498
* To inculcate; to enjoin; earnestly.

#### úa cò̤-nî tun-tun khǹg-kòi i, i to m̄ thiaⁿ;

    however earnestly I exhort him, he pays no heed to it.

#### tun-tun kàu-kài;

    earnestly warn.
* 躉tún92815713
* A dépôt; to store; to house.

#### cí ciah cûn sĭ tún-cûn, sĭ tó̤ tún hùe-mûeh kâi;

    this vessel is the receiving ship, in which the goods are stored.

#### tún kàu cêk cāi tĭⁿ-tĭⁿ;

    has been laden to its full capacity.

#### hùe cìeⁿ cōi kàⁿ tún m̄ tit ă!

    There are so many goods that they cannot all be housed then!

#### nŏ̤ saⁿ īeⁿ tún cò̤ cêk ē;

    two or three sorts are stored together.
* 墩tún9273212
* A plinth or base.

#### chîeⁿ tún;

    the base of a wall.

#### thĭo tún;

    the pedestal of a pillar.

#### kih cêk cūe cîeh tún;

    lay up a stone plinth.

#### kîe tún;

    the piers of a bridge.
* 短tún9371117
* Thort; thickset.

#### i seⁿ lâi ói-tún ói-tún;

    she is very dumpy.

#### ngó tún sin châi;

    he is short but well proportioned; sturdy, and well built.
* 瞤tùn30210912
* Involuntary twitching in the flesh.

#### cí-hûe sin tèng kâi nêk ŏi tùn;

    my flesh is twitching just now.

#### hó̤-hó̤ sĭ-sĭ kâi mâk khâp-khâp tùn: m̄ cai sĭ mih sṳ̄;

    without any previous indication of trouble, my eye keeps twitching: I don't know what is going to happen.

#### koiⁿ-thâu cí hûe chûh-chûh tùn, m̄ cai hó̤ a m̄-hó̤;

    at this moment there is a nervous twitching in my shoulder, I do not know whether it is a good or an evil omen.
* 震tùn181737
* To tremble; to shake.

#### híang kàu tī ŏi tùn;

    sounded so loud that the earth shook.

#### hìeⁿ pôiⁿ kâi tùi cē ceng, cìeⁿ pôiⁿ kâi tī tū ŏi tùn;

    when the pounder comes down on the other side, the ground on this side trembles.

#### i cē tó̤ tâh pō, cí lîn-kṳ̆n chù kâi tī cū lóng-cóng ŏi tùn;

    when he steps, the floors of the neighboring houses all shake.
* 摧tùn10176411
* To jerk; to pull at violently.

#### tùn t6ng;

    broke by jerking.

#### tùn m̄ tn̆g;

    cannot jerk it apart.

#### cûn-thâu-so̤h khṳt huang-éng tùng tn̆g khṳ̀;

    the rope by which the boat is made fast, has been broken by the storm.

#### kŭa thih so̤h īa khṳt i tùn tn̆g khṳ̀;

    even iron chains were broken by him.
* 唇tûn783307
* The lips; a projection like a lip.

#### i kâi chùi-tûn cu-cu âng;

    her lips are ruby red.

#### i kâi tûn khah tìo; i kâi chùi-tûn khìo-khìo;

    her lips curve outward very much.

#### tûn àiⁿ kău, àiⁿ sì-cìaⁿ, àiⁿ âng;

    the lips should be full, shapely and red.

#### i kûaⁿ kàu chùi-tûn o-o;

    she is so cold that her lips are purple.

#### i kâi chùi-tûn po̤h-sìe pô̤h-síe;

    he has a harelip.

#### tûn bûang, khí hâng;

    if the lips are lost the teeth are cold; if the outlying states are taken I am in danger.

#### sît-căi sĭ tûn bûang khí hâng;

    is really such discomfort as the teeth would feel if the lips were gone.

#### tûn âu kháu cîh sĭ i kâi hó̤;

    his pronunciation is best in all kinds of words.

#### cí kâi jī sĭ tûn im a sĭ cîh im?

    Is this word a labial or a lingual?

#### cí tîaⁿ ĕ tîeh lâi kih kâi tûn;

    must build up a terrace before the open space in front of the grave.

#### cí kò̤ thò kâi tûn cìeⁿ ngía tīaⁿ-tîeh ŭ hŵt;

    just here where a lip protrudes there is sure to be a grave.

#### tîaⁿ-ĕ cṳ̆ seⁿ ŭ kâi cîeh tûn;

    in front of the area before the grave there is a natural stone projection.
* 遁tŭn9281629
* To hide away, to skulk, to conceal one's selt; in retirement; hidden.

#### màiⁿ khṳt i tŭn khṳ̀;

    do not let him skulk off.

#### i cē kiaⁿ cū ùi àiⁿ tŭn;

    if he gets frightened there is danger that he will run off and hide away.

#### tŭn kàu bô̤ íaⁿ khṳ̀;

    vanished away leaving no trace nor sign.

#### i tŭn jîp suaⁿ khṳ̀ tìam;

    he absconded and hid himself in the mountains.

#### i ŏi ēng khî mn̂g tŭn kah;

    he knows how to skillfully dispose troops in ambush.

#### i ŏi cieh thó tŭn;

    he conceals himself by stirring up the dust around him.
* 燉tŭn9308612
* To cook by surrounding with boiling water the dish that holds the food.

#### tŭn pn̄g;

    to stew rice.

#### àiⁿ tŭn cêk-ki-hieⁿ kú;

    cook it as long as it takes an incense stick to burn out.

#### cheng tŭn; pêh tŭn;

    simply boiled in a dish surrounded by water.
* 頓tŭn9281814
* To put in order.

#### cíaⁿ-tŭn nâng-bé lâi kio i cìen;

    get troops ready and give him battle.

#### céng-tŭn kàu iap-iap thiap-thiap;

    all made completely ready.

#### sía “ cài pài” cū hó̤, mín sía “tŭn sía pài,”

    if you write “I present my respects” (on the card), you need not write “I respectfully bow the head.”