# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/mak
### makmak

* 浼mak586857
* To spot; to stain; to defile.

#### mâk tîeh îu;

    spotted with grease.

#### chíu màiⁿ mak nah-sap;

    do not get your hands soiled.
* 目mâk6071090
* The eye; a principal man; a leader; an index; a list or summary; squares on a chess-board; meshes of a net; the mind, the perceptions; a look; to eye; to designate, to name; to particularize.

#### mâk-ciu; mâk-ciu-jîn;

    eyeballs.

#### mâk-bâi;

    eyebrows.

#### mâk kha-phûe;

    eyelids.

#### mâk chì-mô̤ⁿ;

    eyelashes.

#### mâk úaⁿ; mâk úaⁿ kut;

    the sockets of the eyes.

#### mâk khuang;

    a circle around the eyes.

#### mâk thâu, mâk búe;

    the inner and outer corners of the eye.

#### mâk kâi pêh-jîn;

    the white of the eye.

#### mâk kâi o-jîn;

    the iris.

#### mâk kâi sien-nâng-thâu;

    the pupil of the eye.

#### mâk-cap;

    tears.

#### lâu mâk-cap;

    to weep.

#### mâk sái;

    mucous or pus from the eye.

#### mâk-ciu thìaⁿ;

    sore eyes.

#### mâk siap;

    sleepy.

#### mâk lêng-ceng;

    wide awake.

#### mâk ĕ sĭm-mih sṳ̄?

    What have you to do in the immediate future?

#### kim mâk lăi-cìang;

    stone blind, with apparently faultless eyes.

#### mâk-ciu cheⁿ-mêⁿ;

    blind.

#### sì mâk bô̤ chin;

    a stranger in a strange land.

#### m̄ hâh mâk;

    not according to my taste.

#### hâh mâk;

    pleasing to the eye; suiting the taste.

#### măng, cêk mâk cêk mâk;

    the net has meshes.

#### mâk lôk;

    an index, list, or summary.

#### mâk kim-kim tó̤ thóiⁿ;

    looking with unwinking eyes.

#### mâk bîe-bîe;

    squint-eyed.

#### sîa mâk thóiⁿ i;

    glanced at him.

#### mâk hâp-bûa;

    close the eyes.

#### mâk hâp m̄ míⁿ;

    his eyes are not shut tightly.

#### mâk peh-khui lâi thóiⁿ;

    open your eyes and look.

#### mâk-ciu tìeⁿ-phû;

    look upward.

#### mâk-ciu cai mō̤ⁿ kĕ;

    look downward.

#### bô̤ mīn bô̤ mâk;

    is very indistinctly drawn.

#### kùa mâk-kìaⁿ;

    wears spectacles.

#### sĭ kùa íang mâk, a sĭ mâk hue?

    Does he wear them to protect his eyes, or because his sight is dim?

#### mâk cam-chiah;

    eyes weak.

#### seⁿ mâk-cam;

    has a sty on the eye.

#### mâk tōa lîap; mâk khang khuah;

    has large eyes.

#### thóiⁿ nâng bô̤ tŏ̤ mâk kah;

    look upon with contempt.

#### sieh m̄ jîp mâk;

    kindness has no good effect on him.

#### thóiⁿ m̄ cĭeⁿ mâk;

    look upon superciliously.

#### sìo-mâk;

    numbers; statistics.

#### chut sĭm-mih tôi-mâk?

    What theme has been given out for the essays?

#### i sĭ khue mâk chut sin;

    he rose to office by merit, not by purchasing a post.

#### i mâk tang bô̤ nâng;

    he regards nobody.

#### mâk côiⁿ hó̤

    Are the immediate prospects good?

#### jṳ́ mâk tn̂g căi;

    has long ears and eyes; is not easily guiled.

#### ēng i tó̤ cò̤ jṳ́ mâk;

    employ him as a detective.

#### mâk bô̤ ûang huap;

    does not regard the laws.

#### sang mâk lêng-lāi;

    sharp-sighted.

#### mâk kău-ham;

    heavy lidded eyes.

#### i kâi mâk hó̤;

    he has good eyesight; is quick to perceive.

#### mâk kṳ̆n-sì;

    near-sighted.

#### tôk mâk;

    one eyed.

#### chô̤h mâk;

    cross-eyed.

#### mâk châ-châ!

    Your eyes are of little use to you!

#### mâk sîn;

    the expression of the eye.

#### lîh mâk;

    an eye with a defective lid.

#### nih mâk;

    to wink.

#### thiⁿ-kong nih mâk;

    it lightens.

#### tek mâk;

    the joints in bamboos.

#### cí kò̤ pang seⁿ mâk;

    this board has knots in it.

#### kha mâk;

    the ankle bone.

#### chíu mâk;

    the wrist bone.

#### tūi mâk;

    the head of a company or squad.

#### thâu mâk;

    the head man.

#### tẁn ieh tàⁿ cē sûh mâk cū tŏng chíu;

    made an agreement that as soon as the wink was given they would lay their hands to it.

#### sûh mâk, hàm i màiⁿ;

    winked to him not to do it.

#### i kâi mâk cē sûh i cū cai;

    he knew as soon as she gave him the wink.

#### mâk kak;

    the corner of the eye.

#### mâk kṳ̂-kṳ̂; mâk châ-kṳ̂ châ-kṳ

    the eyes fixed and staring.