# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/thuaⁿ
### thuaⁿ

* 灘thuaⁿ8548519
* Rapids made by a stream rushing through a pass, or over a rocky descent.

#### kùe thuaⁿ;

    pass the rapids.

#### cĭeⁿ thuaⁿ kōi a sĭ lô̤h thuaⁿ kōi?

    Which is the easier, the ascent on the descent of the rapids?

#### cí kâi thuaⁿ híam căi;

    these rapids are very dangerous.

#### thuaⁿ kâi cúi li kĭa, īu sà-sà, cĕng-cĕng cîeh, kù-chṳ́ kùe thuaⁿ kâi sî-liāu nâng-nâng kiaⁿ;

    the rapids are steep, and full of projecting rocks, so that in passing them every one is in dread.
* 攤thuaⁿ8546419
* To rate; to apportion; to divide amongst; to allow proportionally; to assess; to rate according to a proportion.

#### ngṳ̂n li cìe thuaⁿ phài;

    pay according to the assessment.

#### cìeⁿ-seⁿ thuaⁿ hía bô̤ cîⁿ hùe cū kang-khó;

    if the amount to be made up is apportioned in that way then it will be distressful to those who are poor.

#### i tó̤ khui thuaⁿ siet tó;

    he keeps a gambling hall.

#### nâng li khṳ̀ teh i kâi thuaⁿ;

    people go and put down stakes, betting on something he holds.

#### hùaⁿ nâng tó̤ pûah thuaⁿ;

    they are all raffling for it.

#### kuaⁿ-hú huang tīo i kâi thuaⁿ-kẃn;

    the magistrate shut up his gambling house.

#### léng tīo i kâi thuaⁿ-chn̂g;

    upset the counter on which the stakes were laid.

#### i tó̤ meⁿ thuaⁿ khṳt nâng teh;

    he holds the stakes for those ​who bet.

#### lîah i kâi thuaⁿ-kuaⁿ;

    seized the one who held the stakes.

#### in hùaⁿ nâng thuaⁿ pûe i;

    they all indemnified him by assessing themselves.

#### àiⁿ cò̤ kúi hūn lâi thuaⁿ?

    What is to be the rate of the assessment?

#### phò lăi kâi hùe-mûeh li chíaⁿ thuaⁿ;

    they are taking an inventory of the goods in the shop in order to pay creditors proportionally.

#### cĭu hâng lăi kâi hùe thuaⁿ-hâiⁿ nâng;

    pay people their shares according to the amount of goods in the warehouse.

#### hâiⁿ i cè-cú hùe khṳ̀ thuaⁿ;

    let the creditors divide it among themselves according to the amount due each.

#### cìeⁿ-seⁿ m̄ cai thuaⁿ ŭ ngŏ sîaⁿ ci(illegible text)ⁿ hâiⁿ nâng a bô̤;

    do not know whether there will be enough to pay fifty per cent or not.

#### chíeⁿ thuaⁿ tîeⁿ;

    seize the gambling hall with all the gamblers in it.

#### cò̤ kúi hūn thuaⁿ;

    allot the shares.

#### thuaⁿ sìo;

    divide the amount to be paid proportionally.
* 耘thúaⁿ11421274
* To root out weeds or grass from fields; to remove harmful plants.

#### thúaⁿ cháu;

    to root up weeds.
* 炭thùaⁿ857865
* Coal.

#### húe-thùaⁿ;

    charcoal.

#### thô-thùaⁿ;

    mineral coal.

#### bûe-thùaⁿ;

    hard coal.

#### sêng-thùaⁿ; phàⁿ-thùaⁿ;

    coal made from fir or pine.

#### thih-thùaⁿ;

    anthracite.

#### húe-thùaⁿ ŵn;

    charcoal balls.

#### thùaⁿ hu;

    coal dust.

#### húe-thùaⁿ chùi;

    charcoal in small fragments.

#### taⁿ kim-hue tōa-thùaⁿ lâi sie hō̤;

    brought some brass flowers set in a large lump of coal as a congratulatory offering.

#### châ thùaⁿ;

    fuel.

#### sie thùaⁿ;

    to burn coal.

#### thùaⁿ phûe;

    the outside of a stick of charcoal.

#### thùaⁿ thâu;

    charred wood; charcoal that is not thoroughly burned.

#### thùaⁿ lām;

    coal baskets.

#### tōiⁿ thùaⁿ; ká-cí thùaⁿ;

    charcoal made from hard wood.

#### thùaⁿ kháu; thùaⁿ kíaⁿ;

    charcoal made from small sticks.

#### thùaⁿ îe;

    charcoal pits.

#### sie thùaⁿ kâi nâng;

    charcoal burners.

#### thùaⁿ mêⁿ;

    sparks from charcoal.