Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/bua

by Adele Marion Fielde

bua

• 磨bûa60211211
• To grind; to polish; to over bear; to reduce to powder.

bûa cîeh;

a grind stone.

bûa to̤ cîeh;

a whet stone.

bûa lāi-lāi;

sharpen by grinding.

bûa pêh-pêh;

scour it white.

bûa pêⁿ-pêⁿ;

grind it till it is even.

bûa ciam-ciam;

grind it off to a point.

bûa pô̤h-pô̤h;

grind it down thin.

bûa to̤;

to grind a knife.

bûa chèng;

polish a gun.

bûa kìaⁿ;

polish a mirror.

bûa kàu nĕ kim-kim;

polish to a great brilliancy.

ēng îeh

bûa kàn nĕ kng-kng, cìe-kiⁿ nang;

use powder and rub it till it is very smooth, so you can see your face in it.

cîeh bûa kàu kng-kût kng-kût;

polish stones so that they shine.

bûa hun-kuah hún;

make potato flour.

bûa khàm;

to scan, in order to criminate the writer of a document.

bûa līen;

to pass through affliction.

màiⁿ bûa khah thíam;

do not grind him down too severely.

bûa-lêk khah thíam;

treated him with too extreme harshness.

bûa-lūi nâng;

to overbear people.

bûa kàu sí;

to treat so harshly as to kill.

kang ji chut thân, bûa cîaⁿ lău kâu;

when working people make themselves conspicuous they will get reduced to the condition of apes.

• 勞bûa5071810
• To drudge; to toil hard; to moil.

bûa mêⁿ;

to do night work.

màiⁿ bûa khah thíam;

do not toil too closely.

bûa khah hêk cū àiⁿ sieⁿ tîeh;

if you moil too severely you will suffer for it afterward.

• 近bûa4011624
• To approach; to bring near; close beside; near to.

cha m̄ bûa;

cannot bring them together.

màiⁿ cŏ̤ khah bûa;

do not sit too close to it.

kîaⁿ bûa lai sin piⁿ;

come up close beside me.

cûn sái bûa khàm-kha;

sail the boat close up to the bank.