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Friday, October 27, 2017

Idiom of the day / gia̍t-kat-á uē

Idiom of the day /
gia̍t-kat-á uē
pái-kha-ê kiânn toh tíng .... gioh-toh

pái-kha = limp
pái-kha-ê is someone who limps, crippled.
kiânn = walk
toh = table
tíng = top
toh tíng = on top of the table

pái-kha-ê kiânn toh tíng = the crippled person walks on the table.

gioh is describing the action of limping. Sort like descriptions the one heel twist and dig into the ground kind of movement.
gioh--leh, gioh--leh.

gioh-toh means ..... show off
With a proud air
it's similar to hiau-pai.

gioh-toh is a new term for me. I've never heard of this term before. Perhaps it's not spelled nor translated correctly.

(Help!!!)






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