Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/buah

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buah

  • buah604645
  • To smear; to daub; to rub on; to wipe away.
buah hún;
lay on a white cosmetic.
buah in-nî;
to put on rouge.
buah îeh;
to rub with a medicine.
buah îeh-ko̤;
smear with ointment.
buah pit;
to smear the pen in the ink.
cang îu buah thâu-mô̤ⁿ;
to put oil on the hair.
buah îu;
annoint.
buah khui;
to wipe away.
chíu buah m̄ khui, khîa ki to̤ lûi kĭo;
if you cannot wipe it off with you hand, get a knife and scrape it off.
buah tīo;
to erase by wiping; to blot out.
  • buah7086412
  • To set aside for a special purpose; to detach; to dispose according to a plan.
buah cò̤ kúi kò̤ eng;
apportion for use in several places.
hun-buah tīaⁿ-tîeh lío;
already apportioned.
cêk kò̤ àiⁿ buah jîeh cōi nâng khṳ̀?
How many persons are to be sent to each place?
buah ŭ jîeh cōi piaⁿ lâi?
How many soldiers are detached for this?
buah cí nâng khṳ̀ hṳ́ kò̤;
appoint this man to go there.
buah tŏ̤ cêk pôiⁿ;
set on one side.
hun-buah m̄ khui;
could not distribute according to the plan fixed upon.
buah kang lâi;
come in at an interlude in the work.
buah phāng lâi;
come when there is an interval of leisure.
  • bûah604751
  • Fine dust; powder.
îeh bûah;
medicinal powders.
ngói bûah;
bray into powder.
àiⁿ ngói cò̤ sòi bûah tîeh ngói ìuⁿ-ìuⁿ;
if you wish to make fine powder, you must pulverize it till it is very small.
ngói bûah lío, kap cò̤ îeh-îⁿ;
when you have brayed it into a fine powder, then work it up into pills.
buah îeh-bûah;
apply a medicinal powder.
i tó̤ phah bûah;
he is sounding the cymbals.