# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/nek
### neknek

* 嘖nek9583011
* To cry and bawl.

#### tâng cêk kùa tó̤ nek tn̂g-thâu;

    crying the whole forenoon as if he would split his throat.

#### i nek kàu âu bô̤ nŭaⁿ, i to m̄ chái i;

    he yells till his throat is parched, and she pays no attention to him.

#### a-nôⁿ nek kàu bô̤ siaⁿ, lṳ́ cò̤-nî m̄ khṳ̀ kio i;

    the baby has cried till he is hoarse, why do you not go and take care of him.
* 匿nêk635239
* To elude search; to secrete; hidden; clandestine.

#### nêk mîaⁿ;

    to conceal one's name; anonymous.

#### sĭ i khṳ̀ kak nêk thiap;

    it was he who threw the anonymous epistle.

#### khṳt i châng-nêk khṳ̀;

    hidden away by him.

#### nêk sng;

    conceal a parent's death and not put on mourning, (a crime in officials).

#### tô̤-nêk khṳ̀;

    absconded.

#### ún-nêk;

    secreted.

#### nêk bûa;

    to keep out of sight.
* 溺nêk6358510
* Sunk in any excess; to suffocate; to doat on.

#### nêk ài;

    excessive fondness.

#### nêk-ài kíaⁿ-tĭ;

    foolishly indulgent to her children.

#### kìm nâng nêk ńng;

    prohibit the suffocation of female infants.

#### tîm-nêk;

    to make way with; to make off with; to bring to ruin.

#### tîm-nêk nâng kâi mûeh;

    make way with people's things.
* 鏃nêk101516711
* A barb, or point.

#### cìⁿ nêk;

    the point of an arrow.
* 肉nêk3001300
* Flesh; meat; the edible part; corporeal.

#### tṳ-nêk;

    pork.

#### gû-nêk;

    beef.

#### īeⁿ-nêk;

    mutton.

#### koi, gô̤, ah kâi nêk, saⁿ īeⁿ tī īeⁿ hó̤?

    Which is best, the flesh of hens, geese, or ducks?

#### tok-nêk-îⁿ;

    meat-balls.

#### tok-nêk-chò̤;

    hash.

#### phìen cò̤ nêk phìen;

    cut it into thin slices.

#### côih cò̤ nêk si;

    slice it up into shreds.

#### cí lîap i kâi nêk ío kău;

    the pulp of this one is thicker.

#### sêk nêk phò;

    a shop where cooked meats are sold.

#### i sǹg sĭ chin kut nêk;

    he is of your own flesh and blood.

#### tàⁿ m̄ tîeh ūe nêk;

    he does not touch upon the gist of the subject.

#### cîah lâi seⁿ nêk;

    she has grown very fleshy.

#### nêk-sin; nêk-thói;

    the body.

#### thut tīo nêk-sin;

    shuffle off this mortal coil.

#### líu jîeh chim, cū kìⁿ thô nêk?

    How far down had they dug, when they came to solid earth?

#### i nêk ngán, bô̤ cu, m̄ pat nâng;

    he is not discriminating in his judgment of people's characters.

#### bŏi jîp nêk;

    does not enter into the substance of it.

#### chǹg jîp nêk jîeh chim?

    How deeply did he puncture the flesh?

#### ka-kī kâi kut nêk;

    one's own kith.

#### i cìeⁿ-sî cîah kàu sáng kut lô̤h nêk;

    he has lately become very thin.

#### bô̤ nêk;

    fleshless.

#### thong sin bô̤ nêk;

    is much emaciated.

#### i kâi nêk-chài hó̤ căi;

    he is in fine physical condition.

#### nêk-thng;

    meat soup.

#### lŏ̤ cò̤ kîam tṳ-nêk;

    pickle it and make bacon.

#### sie nêk;

    roast meat.

#### nêk ien;

    the meat is tainted.

#### lṳ́ kâi nêk sĭ cĭeⁿ a m̄ sĭ, lṳ́ tó̤ chūe phah?

    You are itching for a thrashing are you not?

#### nêk ŭ thang khṳt nâng cîah, kut bô̤ thang khṳt nâng khòi;

    flesh affords something for people to eat, while bone offers nothing to gnaw.

#### lṳ́ cîah tîeh hṳ̂ hó̤ a nêk hó̤?

    Do you like fish or flesh best?

#### cí kâi bô̤ nêk bô̤ bah;

    this has no meat on it.