Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ngo

by Adele Marion Fielde

ngo

• 五ngó106072
• A complete number; the whole of a kind.

ngó kak;

all sorts of grain.

phōiⁿ cêk hù ngó-seⁿ khṳ̀ pài sîn;

prepare the full comple ment of dressed animal carcasses to offer to the gods.

cêk hù ngó-kúe tîh;

a set of fruit dishes.

ūe cò̤ ngó hok;

paint the five bats in different positions.

ngó căng lâk hú;

all the internal organs.

• 伍ngó106194
• Men arranged by fives; a file of soldiers; a squad, a company; a comrade; to associate with.

hâng-ngó;

rank and file; in regular files.

pái tūi-ngó chut lâi ngêng-cih;

paraded & company out, to meet and welcome.

i sĭ hâng-ngó chut sin, îaⁿ ngó kâi sṳ̄ i sêk;

he rose from the ranks, and is familiar with camp life.

ngŏ nâng ûi ngó;

five men form a sqaad.

sío-lí kio i téng-ngó;

ashamed to be in the same company with him.

• 午ngó1061242
• Midday; south.

jît-thâu tng ngó;

the sun is on the meridian; it is just noon.

cīeⁿ ngó, ĕ ngó;

forenoon and afternoon.

jît íⁿ-keng kùe ngó;

the sun has already past the zenith.

cîah ngó pn̄g ău cū lâi;

will come after the midday meal.

cŏ̤ hìang sĭ cìaⁿ cṳ́-ngó;

it sets due north and south.

tong ngó;

midday.

ngó sîah;

a midday banquet.

• 偶ngó62699
• An image; a pair, a match, a mate; as an adverb, unpremeditatedly, accidentally.

ngó-sìeⁿ;

images; idols; a statue.

pài ngó-sìeⁿ;

worship idols.

ngó-ngŏ̤ sĭeⁿ tîeh;

happened to think of it.

cía sĭ ngó-jîen kâi sṳ̄;

this is a matter of course.

ngó-jṳ́ thóiⁿ-kìⁿ;

chanced to see it.

i tŏ̤ sìo nî cū sit ngó;

he lost his mate in early life.

• 忤ngó1063614
• Disobedient; intractable; froward.

ngó-ngêk;

headstrong ; stiff in holding to one’s opinions, especially against superiors.

ngó tîeh i kâi ì;

go against his wishes.

hàu-sŭn hŵn seⁿ hàu-sŭn kíaⁿ, ngó-ngêk hŵn seⁿ ngŏ-ngêk jî;

the filial have filial children, the froward have froward sons.

• 藕ngó62614015
• The large rootstalk of the Nelumbrium, used for food.

ngŏ hún;

arrowroot.

ngó-cak;

roots of the water-lily.

• 五ngŏ106072
• Five.

tŏiⁿ ngŏ;

the fifth.

ngŏ gûeh;

the fifth month.

ngŏ peh ngŏ câp ngŏ;

five hundred and fifty-five.

chiu ngŏ;

the fifth day of the month.

jîh-ngŏ;

twenty-five.

peh lâng ngŏ;

a hundred and five.

ngŏ choiⁿ lâng-lâng ngŏ; ngŏ khàng-khàng ngŏ;

five thousand and five.

ngŏ ngŏ jĭ-câp-ngŏ;

five times five are twenty-five.

ngŏ kìⁿ ngŏ;

once five is five.

jĭ ngŏ, cìn it câp;

twice five are ten.

saⁿ ngŏ it-câp-ngŏ;

thrice five are fifteen.

ngŏ kṳn ngŏ níe;

five pounds and five ounces.

câp-ngŏ phāng thiaⁿ;

a main room, having fifteen rows of tiles in its roof.

ngŏ koiⁿ kùe, thiaⁿ li jîh-ngŏ phāng;

five rooms in a row, the central one being the main room, with twenty-five rows of tiles in its roof.

• 午ngŏ1061242
• The seventh of the twelve stems, symbolized by the horse.

ngŏ sî;

from 11 o'clock A.M. to 1 o'clock P.M.

thóiⁿ sî-ceng li sĭ ngŏ sî cho̤;

it is just eleven by the clock.

ngŏ sî tong;

just noon.

ngŏ sî búe;

nearly one o'clock.

kah ngŏ nî;

a year that is first in the cycle of ten, and seventh in the cycle of twelve.

keⁿ ngŏ gûeh;

a month that is the seventh in the cycle of ten and seventh in the cycle of twelve.

píaⁿ ngŏ jît;

a day that is the third in the cycle of ten and seventh in the cycle of twelve.

• 仵ngŏ106194

ngŏ-co̤h;

certain persons attached to the courts, whose decision at inquests is relied on, and their report taken; the term is also applied to those who enshroud the dead.

sí nâng cáu m̄ kùe ngŏ-coh chíu;

the dead cannot escape the hands of the coroners.