Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/pha

by Adele Marion Fielde

pha

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• To throw out; to cast off.

pha măng lîah hṳ̂;

cast out a net to catch fish.

pha teng;

to cast anchor.

sai pha kîu;

lions playing with a ball.

khîeh măng lâi pha ang-chun;

take a net and catch quails.

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• A bladder.

tṳ pha;

a pig's bladder.

jīe pha;

the bladder.

• 跨pha4681576
• To bestride.

pha cĭeⁿ bé sin cū tîeh khîa;

if you mount a horse you must ride him.

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• A bubble; a blister.

kha seⁿ phă;

feet are blistered.

cúi phă;

bubbles.

seⁿ cúi phă kâi po̤-lî;

glass that has air bubbles in it.

phok phă;

to blister; to rise in blisters.

pêh phă kòi;

itch, having pus in the blisters.

ngâu kàu i kún khí lâi kâi phă kâi phă;

seethe it till it bubbles.

o phă;

blood blisters.

lâm kàu kâi phă kâi phă;

scalded so that it is blistered.