# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/hwt
### hwt

* 髮hwt1211905
* The hair on the human head.

#### cháu thâu kit hwt;

    a long married couple.

#### kit hwt hu chi;

    an old married pair.

#### phi mô̤ⁿ sùaⁿ hwt;

    disheveled hair.

#### ho̤h hwt thong ngŵn;

    white hair and rosy complexion.
* 發hwt1211057
* To sprout; to shoot forth; to issue.

#### hwt châi;

    to grow rich.

#### hwt sī;

    to take an oath.

#### hwt hîeh;

    to put forth leaves.

#### hwt sún;

    to sprout.

#### hŵt ke;

    to increase as a family.

#### hwt piaⁿ khṳ̀ tú-gṳ̆;

    dispatch soldiers to repulse them.

#### hwt gê;

    to bud.

#### hwt gê; hwt khí;

    to teeth.

#### hwt mô̤ⁿ;

    to grow hairy.

#### hwt-khí lâi;

    to spring up and grow.

#### hwt îeⁿ cûn;

    to dispatch a gun-boat.

#### tāu hwt gê lío;

    the peas have sprouted.

#### hwt toaⁿ;

    issue a permit.

#### hwt hùe;

    to send off goods.

#### hwt hûe;

    to send off on a return journey.

#### hwt chut lâi;

    to send forth.

#### hwt-nō̤; hwt-náu;

    get irritated.

#### sît hwt būe côi;

    its wings are not yet fully grown.

#### hwt mêng cí kâi tŏ̤-lí;

    set forth this doctrine clearly.

#### hwt seⁿ;

    to put forth.

#### àiⁿ cò̤-nî khai-hwt?

    In what way is it to be set forth?

#### i cìaⁿ khui-hwt pat-tò̤-khṳ̀;

    he understands the exposition of it.

#### i íⁿ-keng tá-hwt nâng khṳ̀ lío;

    he has already dispatched a messenger.

#### hwt-lô̤h kūiⁿ khṳ̀ sím;

    he has gone to the district city to try cases.

#### hwt ko;

    become mouldy.

#### hwt tâk mûeh; hwt mûeh;

    develop a poisonous swelling.

#### hwt kūaⁿ;

    to perspire.

#### hwt jîet; hwt jûah;

    have fever.

#### hwt sĭm-mih pēⁿ?

    What disease has he?

#### hwt sie ùi chìn;

    have fever and ague.

#### hwt cíu-mô̤h;

    have a rash from drinking wine.

#### hwt kháu-nîe;

    issue rations.

#### hwt kang-cîⁿ;

    pay wages.

#### táng i lâi hwt-lô̤h;

    wait till be comes and gives the orders.

#### kàu jîeh cōi hùe cìaⁿ hwt tâk?

    How old was he when he got promotion?
* 罰hŵt1221229
* A penalty; to fine; to punish.

#### hêng-hŵt;

    punishment.

#### síeⁿ hŵt hun mêng;

    the rewards and punishments are distinctly set forth.

#### hŵt cíu saⁿ pue;

    forfeit three glasses of wine (by being made to drink them).

#### hŵt ​hóng;

    forfeit a part of one's salary.

#### úa àiⁿ hŵt lṳ́;

    I am going to mulct you.

#### hŵt i nŏ̤ kâi ngṳ̂n;

    fined him two dollars.

#### tōa-tōa tîeh khṳt i hŵt;

    let him mulct you to any amount.

#### hŵt khẃn;

    a fine.

#### ceh-hwt;

    to punish.

#### hŵt tîeh i m̄ su-hôk;

    he would not submit to the fine.

#### khin hŵt, tăng hŵt m̄ sie tâng, to tîeh hŵt;

    some pay a light penalty and some a heavy one, but all must be punished.
* 穴hŵt2301160
* A cave; a hole in the earth or hillside; a burial place; a den.

#### châu-hŵt;

    a lurking place.

#### sĭang kó tiang-sî cū sĭ hŵt-kṳ;

    in the most ancient times were the cave dwellers.

#### cí cêk hŵt suaⁿ sĭ tī-tîang kâi?

    Whose burial place is this?

#### sí ău cǹg cò̤ cêk hŵt;

    after they died they were buried in the same grave.

#### tíam hŵt, àiⁿ tíam tit tîeh;

    in pointing out a burial place the point is to point out one.

#### cam tùi hŵt-tău, cìaⁿ ŭ hāu-ngīam;

    lance in a vital part, then there is efficacy in it.
* 伐hŵt12294
* Reduce to order.

#### khí piaⁿ khṳ̀ hŵt;

    raise troops and go and reduce them to order.

#### chíaⁿ lṳ́ lâi cak-hŵt;

    invite you to act as arbitrator.
* 乏hŵt12244
* Exhausted; defective.

#### nâng sĭm sĭ khùn-hŵt;

    I am very weary.

#### mih mûeh to bŏi khueh-hŵt;

    there is nothing unsupplied.