Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/nau

by Adele Marion Fielde

nau

• 硇nau6171126

nau-sa;

a mineral found in the salt lakes of Thibet; it is impure sal-ammoniac, with traces of sulphur.

• 怒náu641615
• Anger; fury; ire; to get in a passion.

náu kàu m̄ cîah;

so angry he would not eat.

náu-khì sieⁿ kuaⁿ;

rage injures the liver.

náu mâk siang sì;

eyed each other angrily.

náu chong-chong;

went off in a great rage.

tăi náu;

a towering passion.

kâi náu kìe-sĭ cò̤-nî?

What is it that has excited his anger?

náu-hṳ̆n i;

enraged at him.

hwt náu;

get angry.

• 腦náu6171309
• The brain; the head.

thâu-náu;

the head.

cí cho̤h nâng bô̤ thâu bô̤ náu;

these people have no one who acts as leader among them.

tī-tîang tŏ̤ cò̤ thâu-náu?

Who acts as the head man?

ău-náu;

the back of the head.

náu ău;

behind the head.

i àiⁿ kio i kâi náu-tài sńg;

he wants him to risk his head.

i cò̤ sṳ̄ to bô̤ kù náu-tài;

he takes no thought for his own head, in what he is doing.

• 胬náu6411305
• Granulations, as in the eyelids; healthy granulations on a sore.

náu nêk;

granulations.

khṳ̀ tīo náu nêk;

reduce the granulations.

• 撓nău6176412
• To sprain; to wrench; to twist.

i nău tîeh ie ciah kut;

he has sprained his back.

i kâi kha nău tîeh;

his foot is sprained.

• 鬧nău6171915
• Noisy wrangling; to make a disturbance; to embroil; strife for precedence.

ŭ nău sṳ̄;

there is a rumpus.

hàm i màiⁿ tó̤ nău sṳ̄;

tell him not to make a disturbance.

ciu-jît to sĭ nău cíu;

carouse all day long.

tăi nău cêk tîeⁿ;

a great row.

i cē khṳ̀ cū nău chut sṳ̄;

as soon as he goes, a disturbance arises.

ang cía châu-nău mih sṳ̄?

What are the husband and wife wrangling about?

líang ke sie châu-nău;

the two are berating each other noisily.

tăi nău hue-teng;

a strife for precedence in a display of transparencies.

năuhok-sek;

strive to make the greatest display in dress.

nău-kìa-cṳ́;

make a great display.

nău phài thâu;

emulate each other in display.

nău phî-khì;

a quarrelsome temper.

• 弩nău641575
• A cross bow; a balista; it is sometimes made to shoot several darts, and is set as a trap for animals.

tìeⁿ nău-cìⁿ lâi sīa hóⁿ;

set a balista to shoot tigers.

bw̄n nău côi hwt;

all the cross-bows discharged at once.