Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/gu

by Adele Marion Fielde

gû

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• Bovine animals; kine; cattle.

cêk ciah gû;

an ox.

gû kó, gû bó, gû kíaⁿ;

a bull, a cow, and a calf.

cúi-gû;

the water buffalo.

sai-gû;

a rhinoceros.

n̂g-gû; má-gû;

a cow.

suaⁿ gû;

cattle that do not frequent the water.

gû-nêk;

beef.

gû-nĭ;

milk.

gû-lâ;

suet.

gû-nĭ-píaⁿ;

cheese.

gû-nî-îu;

butter.

gû-phôk;

cow's hump.

gû-phûe;

leather, cowhide.

gû-n̂g;

cow-bezoar.

gû peh-cheh;

the manyplus of an ox.

līu gû-nĭ;

to milk a cow.

chĭ gû;

to keep cows.

khang gû;

to tend cows.

gû mô̤ⁿ chut tŏ̤ gû sin téng;

cow-hair comes from cows; you get your income from what you invest your money in.

chie gû-kó;

a steer.

gû-kíaⁿ m̄ pat hóⁿ;

a calf is ignorant about tigers.

tī-gû ūaⁿ koiⁿ;

the ox that supports the earth shifts it on his shoulders; an earthquake.

gû oi bō̤;

a mill turned by cattle.

gû-mâk-aⁿ;

blinds for cattle.

gû-taⁿ-wn;

an ox yoke.

gû koiⁿ;

a cow house.

cíeⁿ gû kâi a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ;

a cow boy.

gû tô;

a slaughter house.

gû-kṳn;

ox sinews.

chng tîeh gû phīⁿ;

perforate the nose of an ox.

nâng ùi jī, gû ùi phīⁿ;

people dread written agreements as the ox dreads the nose ring.

gû-thâu thâk khòi;

read the deed of sale at the ox's head.

cí ciah gû ŏi híaⁿ nâng;

this ox is apt to hook people.

khṳt gû tak tîeh;

gored by an ox.

nâng sim-kuaⁿ, gû saí-tó;

people have hearts, and cattle have paunches.

gû kâi ni-pô;

a cow's udder.

gû kâi ni-thâu;

a cow's teats.

tî-gû;

a tadpole.