Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/mueh

by Adele Marion Fielde

mûeh

• 物muêh1065934 A thing, matter, or substance; anything between heaven and earth; affairs of life; a creature; a being; persons.

mûeh-kĭaⁿ;

articles.

cêk kĭaⁿ mûeh;

an article.

bô̤ sĭm-mih mûeh tŏ̤ h̤́u tói;

there is nothing at all in there.

kâi sĭm mûeh?

What is it?

hṳ́ kâi kìe-cò̤ sĭm mŭeh?

What is that called?

nâng-mûeh cōi;

there was a great crowd.

cîah mûeh;

edibles.

bói mûeh-cîah;

buy food.

mûeh kak ŭ cú;

each thing has its owner.

mûeh-ngîap;

possessions; goods; personal property and real estate.

thóiⁿ tîeh bô̤ mûeh;

does not appear to be anything of consequence.

tōa-bó̤-mûeh;

a great deal.

nah-sap mûeh;

a filthy object.

bói mûeh;

to make purchases.

hak mûeh;

buy things to keep.

bw̄n mûeh;

everything.

tak-n̄ng tīo mûeh;

wastes things.

ak mûeh; tâk mûeh;

virulent ulcers.

• 弄mûeh569554
• To handle; to manipulate; to work at; to do with the hands.

màiⁿ mûeh tīo;

do not ruin it by handling it.

cìeⁿ cōi jît cô̤-nî mûeh būe hó̤?

How is it that after so many days it is not yet done?

jû mûeh jû bô̤ ēng;

the more I work at it, the worse it is.

lṳ́ hó̤ khṳ̀ mûeh;

you go and set it to rights.