Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ngṳn

by Adele Marion Fielde

ngṳn

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• Silver; money; wealth.

cía kâi bói jîeh cōi ngṳ̂n?

How much did you pay apiece for these?

mín cîⁿ mín ngṳ̂n;

money is not required.

tâng ngṳ̂n;

counterfeit money.

kĕ ngṳ̂n;

adulterated silver.

ngṳ̂n phò;

broker’s office.

ngṳ̂n hō̤;

a stamp on dollars.

cúi-ngṳ̂n;

quick-silver.

ngṳ̂n cúi;

an allowance on dollars for weight above the standard.

bûn ngṳ̂n;

sycee.

ngṳ̂n-kíaⁿ;

small silver pieces.

tōa ngṳ̂n;

dollars.

sĭ lŭn ngṳ̂n níe, a sĭ lŭn ngṳ̂n kâi?

Is it taels or dollars that are under discussion?

cêk kâi ngṳ̂n; cêk kho ngṳ̂n;

one dollar.

hue piⁿ ngṳ̂n;

dollars with milled edges.

hût thâu ngṳ̂n;

dollars with a head on them.

cío ngṳ̂n;

dollars having an eagle on them.

ngṳ̂n toaⁿ;

a draft.

ngṳ̂n khò;

a treasury.

hue âng ngṳ̂n;

money offered as a reward.

chù-co ngṳ̂n;

house rent.

sĭ ngṳ̂n cò̤ kâi;

it is made of silver.

ngṳ̂n pau kim;

silver plated with gold.

síeⁿ ngṳ̂n pâi;

a placard, offering reward.

ngṳ̂n-cúi cheng, sǹg-sìo mêng;

expert in estimating the value of pieces of money, and quick in reckoning accounts.

hâng lăi sĭ tī-tîang tó̤ thóiⁿ ngṳ̂n;

who is the examiner of the money taken in at that warehouse?

thó̤ ngṳ̂n;

to dun for a bill; to collect money due.

khìam ngṳ̂n;

to owe money.

hâiⁿ ngṳ̂n;

to pay money.

cieh ngṳ̂n;

borrow mouey.

seⁿ ngṳ̂n;

hire money on interest.

kàu huang ngṳ̂n;

a sealed packet of money.

sái ngŵn huang ngṳ̂n;

paid out the original sealed parcel of money.

ngṳ̂n-tĭaⁿ;

silver paper, folded to represent ingots, and offered in worship of idols.

ngṳ̂n tong;

a broker.

ngṳ̂n-hṳ̂;

white-bait.

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• The gums.

khí-ngṳ̂n kò̤ phṳ̂ khí-pau;

has a gum-boil on his gum.