# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/kah
### kah

* 甲kah3551021
* Armor; a hard or scaly covering; the first of the ten stems; a set of ten.

#### cńg-kah;

    finger nails.

#### kha-kah;

    toe nails.

#### chēng cìen-kah;

    wears armor.

#### thih kah;

    iron shields.

#### lâh-lí kah;

    the scales of the pangolin.

#### lîen hŵn kah bé;

    a connected file of armored horses.

#### pó̤ kah kâi sṳ̄ tîeh jīn-cin kîaⁿ cìaⁿ hó̤;

    the tithing must be done honestly and correctly.

#### kah-tíeⁿ sĭ kẃn câp ke kâi thâu-nâng;

    the chief of a tithing is the head man of ten households.

#### i sĭ khue kah chut sin;

    he is a graduate who has earned, not bought, his degree.

#### kah it sĭ sôk bâk;

    the first and second of the ten stems, pertain to wood.

#### cêk kah úaⁿ;

    a set of ten rice bowls.

#### bói nŏ̤ kah tōa úaⁿ;

    buy two sets of large bowls.
* 連kah5321627
* Even; still; together; with; also.

#### kah sṳ̄ to m̄ lí;

    does not even attend to business.

#### kah khẃn to bô̤;

    has not even a sample of it.

#### kah úa to̤ m̄-ùi;

    does not fear even me.

#### kah mêⁿ-kùa to lâi;

    comes even in the night.
* 胛kah3561305
* The part under and between the shoulder-blades.

#### koiⁿ-kah;

    the shoulder-blades.

#### cŭang tîeh i kâi koiⁿ-kah;

    hit him on the shoulder-blade.
* 較kah3721596
* To contend.

#### kah-tîeⁿ;

    a parade ground, or area where troops are reviewed.

#### lăi kah-tîeⁿ, gūa kah-tîeⁿ;

    inner and outer parade grounds.

#### saⁿ jît ău àiⁿ chut kah-tîeⁿ;

    after three days there will be a review of troops.
* 合kah217808
* To fit; to match; in unison; to correspond.

#### cí ki só̤-sî kio i kâi só̤-thâu sie kah;

    this key fits his lock.

#### kah i kâi sin;

    fits him.

#### ka lâi kah sin;

    it is cut to fit.

#### nĕ kah-kah;

    just exactly enough, neither too much nor too little.

#### soiⁿ lâi kah-tàh thóiⁿ hó̤ mē;

    first try it and see if it fits when inserted.

#### cía ke-húe khût i tú-tú kah ēng;

    this tool is just exactly adapted to his use.
* 蓋kah30714010
* To wrap up in; to cover up.

#### kah phŭe;

    to wrap up in a coverlet.

#### i kah phŭe, kah kàu sie-sie;

    he is rolled up snugly in his coverlet.

#### khîeh ke nía phŭe lâi kah;

    get another coverlet to put over him.

#### thiⁿ-sî ío jûah kah pīn tó cū hó̤;

    the weather is rather hot, and if you cover the middle of the body that is enough.

#### màiⁿ kah kah miⁿ;

    do not wrap up too closely.

#### kah lío cū hip tîeh;

    being wrapped up, was oppressed by heat.

#### mêⁿ-sî chìn, ā-sĭ bô̤ phŭe kah, tîeh khṳt i kûaⁿ sí;

    the nights are cold and without a coverlet to wrap up in one would be frozen to death.

#### khîeh kâi hîuⁿ chó̤-lîak kah cē cū hó̤;

    take a winter jacket and cover up slightly and that will do.

#### i kâi kha kah bŏi sie;

    her feet are not warmed by wrapping them up.
* 各kah426303
* A distributive adjective; each, separate, apart.

#### kah nâng kah nâng tńg khṳ̀ i chù;

    each returned to his own house.

#### kah nâng kah nâng kài kìen-sek;

    each has his own experience. ​
* 與kah11251348
* And; together with.

#### lṳ́ kah úa cò̤-pû lâi khṳ̀;

    you go along with me.

#### lṳ́ kah úa m̄ tâng kok;

    you and I are not of the same country.

#### i kah i kâi a-pĕ cò̤-pû tŏ̤;

    he and his father are together.

#### úa kah i sĭ tan̂g sèⁿ;

    I am of the same surname as he.

#### cí īeⁿ kah hṳ́ īeⁿ, tī īeⁿ hó̤?

    Of this sort and that, which is the better?

#### cí kâi kah hṳ́ kâi cò̤ cêk-ē khiêh khṳ̀;

    take this and that together in one lot.

#### hó̤ kah m̄-hó̤;

    good and bad, taken together.

#### àiⁿ bói cí kĭaⁿ kah hṳ́ kĭaⁿ;

    wishes to buy both this sort and that sort.
* 霅kâh81737
* The sound of a multitude of voices.

#### kâh-kâh-kún;

    the sound of many babbling tongues.

#### nâng-siaⁿ kâh-kâh-kún, thiaⁿ m̄ hīn;

    there was the sound of many voices, and I did not hear distinctly.