# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ka
### ka

* 剪ka978189
* To cut with shears.

#### ka pò;

    cut cloth.

#### ka saⁿ-khò;

    to cut out clothing,

#### cêk ki ka-to̤;

    a pair of shears.

#### ka-to̤ kíaⁿ;

    scissors.

#### ka sin ang-kíaⁿ;

    cut out a paper doll.

#### ka hue;

    to cut out flowers.

#### ka cío;

    cut out figures of birds.

#### ka côi-côi;

    cut them evenly.

#### i bô̤ mih ŏi sái ka-to̤;

    she is not very handy with the shears.
* 膠ka36813011
* Glue; glutinous jelly; viscid; cohering.

#### gû phûe ka;

    glue made from cowhide.

#### hṳ̂ ka;

    glue made from fish.

#### kim-lêng ka;

    glue made from the sea-bass.

#### a-ka;

    a medical glue, made by boiling ass-skin seven days in the water of the glue well of Shantung.

#### ku ka, tek ka;

    medical glues, made from tortoise shells and from deer's horns.

#### n̂g-mêng ka;

    clarified glue.

#### ka-mī;

    a cement used in joiner's work.

#### ún ka;

    fasten with glue.

#### ka ún m̄ tùe;

    the glue does not stick.

#### cía tîeh ēng sĭm-mih ka cìaⁿ hó̤ ún?

    What sort of glue must be used in order to make this adhere?

#### îeⁿ ka;

    to melt glue.

#### khô̤h ka;

    prepare glue.

#### ka-liam;

    sticky.

#### cn̂g kâi bô̤ ka-lîam;

    wholly destitute of tenacity.

#### jû ka, sṳ̆ chak;

    like glue and varnish; very adhesive.

#### pû kàu nĕ ka-ka;

    cook it to a jelly.

#### ka chak siang tâu;

    sticking like glue and varnish.

#### cí kâi ka hẃn chun cū lut khṳ̀;

    this glue will not hold through a change of seasons.
* 背ka6691305

#### ka-ciah;

    the back.

#### tùe i kâi ka-ciah ău;

    followed on behind him.

#### ka-ciah kut;

    the back bone.

#### tng mīn kāng i tàⁿ, màiⁿ phiah ka-ciah ău tàⁿ;

    tell it to him to his face, and not tell it of him behind his back. ​
* 咳ka429306

#### ka-sàu;

    to cough.

#### ka-sàu pēⁿ;

    a cough.

#### ŏi ka-sàu;

    coughs.

#### tī ka-sàu kâi îeh;

    cough medicine.

#### ka-sàu khṳ̀ thíam căi;

    coughs violently.

#### cá mêⁿ ka-sàu cêk mêⁿ;

    coughed all last night.

#### ka-sàu khṳ̀ ŭ thâm a bô̤?

    Do you raise phlegm when you cough?
* 屁股ka-chng681
* The rump.

#### phah ka-chng;

    to spank.
* 鉸鉞ka-sut372
* A clamp; a staple.

#### ka-sut khak sòi, m̄-hó̤ só̤;

    the staple is too small and it cannot be locked.
* 自已ka-kī1031
* Self.

#### úa ka-kī ŭ;

    I myself have some.

#### lṳ́ ka-kī khṳ̀ khîeh;

    go yourself and get it.

#### i ka-kī kio úa tàⁿ;

    he told me so himself.

#### ka-kī o̤-ló̤ ka-kī;

    praises himself.

#### ka-kī so̤h cò̤ hó̤;

    he himself mistakenly supposed it was well.

#### ēng lṳ́ ka-kī kâi hó̤;

    use your own.

#### i ka-kī m̄ cai sío-lí;

    he is not ashamed of himself.

#### i sĭ ka-kī hāi ka-kī;

    he injures himself.
* 狡蚤ka-cáu953
* A flea.

#### ka-cáu thìo cáu khṳ̀;

    the flea jumped away.

#### hṳ́ tói ŭ kâi ka-cáu tŏ̤ kă kâi īeⁿ;

    it seems as if there were a flea biting me.

#### ka-cáu bô̤ nŭaⁿ lîah m̄ tîeh;

    without spittle fleas cannot be caught.
* 噴嚔ka-thì880
* A sneeze.

#### phah ka-thì;

    to sneeze.

#### cêk lîen phah ku-ā kâi ka-thì;

    sneezed several times in succession.
* 囫圇ka-n̂ng267
* The whole, entire, round, said of fruits and roundish objects.

#### ka-n̂ng kâi;

    a whole one.

#### ka-n̂ng thun lô̤h khṳ̀, mín pō;

    swallow it whole, and do not chew it.

#### khṳt i ún chò cū ka-n̂ng thun lô̤h khṳ̀;

    he dipped it in vinegar and then swallowed it whole.

#### ka-n̂ng kò̤ khṳt i pû, màiⁿ côih;

    boil it whole, do not slice it up.

#### ka-n̂ng kâi lâi kă cìaⁿ ŭ bī;

    bite into a whole one and then it will show its flavour.

#### ka-n̂ng lîap lô̤h khṳ̀, màiⁿ peh chùi;

    put it in whole, do not break it in pieces.
* 絞ká3691206
* To twist with a windlass; to turn, as by a windlass; to twist; to wrench.

#### ká i kín;

    twist it tight.

#### cē ká khah tōa lâk cū tn̆g;

    if you wrench it too forcibly, it will break.

#### i kâi so̤h ká lâi ío hó̤;

    his ropes are well made.

#### saⁿ tîo ká cò̤ cêk tîo;

    twist the three strands into one.

#### ká cìa; ká thn̂g;

    to press the juice out of sugar cane.

#### chíu tùi i kâi piⁿ ká kín-kín;

    took hold of his queue and wrenched it tight.

#### ká hŭam;

    a criminal who is to be strangled.

#### ká cŭe;

    an offense which merits strangling as a punishment.
* 找ká34644
* To look for; to seek.

#### múaⁿ-tī-kò̤ ká-chūe i;

    sought him everywhere.

#### ká kàu ĕ-kùa cìaⁿ chūe tîeh;

    looked for it until afternoon, and then found it.

#### ká thàng-jît, ká m̄ tîeh i kâi nâng;

    searched for him throughout the day, but could not find him.
* 攪ká3716420
* To stir around with an implement.

#### hó̤ ká kàu câu-câu;

    stir it till the ingredients are evenly mixed.

#### tîeh cang sĭm-mûeh lâi ká?

    What shall I take to stir it with?

#### thn̂g tîeh ká i îeⁿ;

    stir the sugar till it melts.

#### ká lông-lông cū chueh lô̤h khṳ̀;

    stir it up so that the ingredients are evenly mixed, and then sup it down.

#### cang ki tṳ̄ ká thíam-thíam;

    take a chopstick and stir it very hard.
* 校kà373756
* To revise; to try the accuracy of.

#### kháu-kà;

    to adjust.

#### kòi-kà;

    to revise.

#### kà cìaⁿ kùe kâi;

    what has already been corrected.

#### khṳt nâng tit-cŏ̤ tîeh m̄ kio i kòi-kà;

    when wronged he did not seek redress.

#### kà-ùe;

    an officer of the city gates.
* 較kà3721596
* To measure strength; to compare; to try the worth of.

#### kà cún;

    test the accuracy.

#### pí-kà;

    to argue the point.

#### cí nŏ̤ nâng lâi pí-kà, sĭ cí kâi nâng jú kèng ŏi;

    comparing the two persons, this one is the more able.

#### kà thóiⁿ cún a m̄ cún;

    compare and see whether it agrees with the measure.
* 𬈯kà3728510
* A creek, canal, or small channel, servicable at high tides.

#### cía cûn ŏi jîp kà a bŏi?

    Can this boat go into the creek?

#### kà tèng kâi cúi chíen, tîeh po̤h sòi cûn cìaⁿ ŏi tit jîp;

    the water in the creek is shallow, and we must transfer our cargo to a small boat so that we can go in.
* 教kà372667
* To teach; to show how; tenets; a sect; a part.

#### kà-hùe;

    to instruct.

#### kà-hùn;

    to indoctrinate.

#### kà sī;

    to enlighten; to show how.

#### kà ūe;

    to instruct in a language.

#### kà cṳ;

    to teach school.

#### kà sía jī;

    to teach penmanship.

#### kà ūe mûeh;

    teach drawing.

#### kà bú;

    teach military tactics. ​

#### kà keng-cìⁿ;

    teach archery.

#### kà khûn;

    teachboxing.

#### kà ke-húe;

    teach fencing.

#### kà lô̤ kó;

    teach drumming.

#### kà khek;

    teach the singing of ballads.

#### kà hîⁿ kŭ;

    teach how to play on stringed instruments.

#### kà hì;

    teach how to perform in a theatre.

#### i kâi kà lâi m̄ sĭen huap;

    this is not taught in the best way.

#### kà tŏ̤-lí;

    instruct in doctrine.

#### cang pn̄g chī tōa, cang chûe kà gâu;

    make him grow by feeding him with rice, and make him wise by using the ferule on him.

#### lṳ́ kaî tōa mîaⁿ úa būe cêng chíaⁿ kà;

    I have not yet asked your name.

#### ôiⁿ sî lâi cí kà cē;

    when you have leisure comehere and discourse.

#### i kà nâng tăi-khài sĭ kà nâng cò̤-nî?

    In a general way, what is it that he teaches people to believe in?

#### hût kà; sek kà;

    Buddhism.

#### tău kà;

    Taouism.

#### hûe-hûe kà;

    Mohammedanism.

#### jû kà

    Confucianism.

#### thien-cú kà;

    Roman Catholicism.

#### īa-so kà;

    Protestant Christianity.

#### thŵn kà kâi sin-seⁿ;

    teacher who promulgates doctrines.

#### cía sĭ kà-íu hùe;

    this is one of their disciples.

#### cía cêk ūi sĭ kà-sṳ;

    this is a learned teacher in that religion.

#### hṳ́ cêk ūi sĭ gūa kok kâi kà-sṳ̆;

    that is a foreign missionary.

#### kà cṳ kâi cṳ-ce;

    a schoolroom.

#### tôk chut kà gūa;

    to expel from a sect or party.

#### cí kâi sĭ sin lâi jîp kà kâi;

    this is one who has lately entered the sect.

#### kà-hŭe ŭ jîeh cōi kâi?

    How many separate organizations are there of that sect?

#### kà-tn̂g;

    a chapel.

#### kà lăi ŭ jîeh cōi nâng?

    How many members are there in the sect?

#### cía sĭ cìaⁿ kà m̄ sĭ sîa kà;

    this is moral, not immoral teaching.

#### to sĭ aìⁿ kà nâng hó̤, bô̤ kà nàng m̄-hó̤;

    its aim is to teach people to do well, not to teach them to do evil.

#### i kà cêk kùe cū pat, chong-men̂g căi;

    if he is once shown how he knows, he is very intelligent.

#### cí kâi jw̆n kà, kà m̄ pat, sĭm sĭ lú-tŭn;

    this one, however much you teach him, does not learn, he is exceedingly stupid.

#### úa sĭ kà lṳ́, m̄ sĭ mēⁿ lṳ́, lṳ́ màiⁿ khì;

    I am teaching you, not scolding you, so do not be displeased.

#### ŭ jîeh cōi kà-mn̂g?

    How many adherents have they?

#### tī-tîang tó̤ cú cí kâi kà?

    Who is the head man of this sect?

#### chíaⁿ i lâi kà cṳ-īⁿ;

    invite him to come and teach in the college.

#### cí kâi sai-kíaⁿ kà chut lâi ciang-lâi ŭ mîaⁿ-sek;

    this apprentice will make a reputation for himself when he shall have been through his course of instruction.
* 咬kă1077806
* To bite; to gnaw.

#### kă cêk chùi;

    bite off a mouthful.

#### cí cîah káu ŏi kă nâng a bŏi?

    Is this dog apt to bite?

#### màiⁿ khṳt i kă tiêh;

    don't let him bite you.

#### khak tōiⁿ, kă m̄ lô̤h;

    it is so hard I can't bite into it.

#### khah jūu, kă m̄tn̆g;

    it is so tough that I cannot bite it in two.

#### kă cò̤ nŏ̤ kò̤;

    bite it apart.

#### i kâi khí kă kín-kín, tîeh kĭo khui;

    his teeth are clenched, and we must pry them apart.

#### kă-gê chiet-chí;

    gnash the teeth.

#### tng kuaⁿ mīn côiⁿ khṳ̀ kă i;

    right there before the face of the magistrate, wrongly involved him in the crime.