Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/nah

by Adele Marion Fielde

nah

• 垢穢nah-sap330
• Dirty, filthy, soiled, foul.

nah-sap căi;

very filthy.

nah-sap sìeⁿ;

slovenly.

eng kàu cĕng-cĕng nah-sap;

the dust has settled on it till it is all a mass of dirt.

khîeh koi-mô̤ⁿ-chóiⁿ, khṳ̀ chóiⁿ tīo nah-sap;

take a feather broom and bush off the dust.

cêk sin kô kàu nah-nah sap-sap;

he is plastered with dirt.

hìeⁿ nah-sap tîeh khṳ̀ sói;

so dirty it must be washed.