Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/puah

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puah

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  • A glazed earthen basin.
hue puah;
a flower pot.
cúi puah;
a water pot.
thoah puah;
a priest's dish.
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  • To play for stakes.
pûah su, pûah îaⁿ;
to lose or to win in gambling.
pûah-cîⁿ;
to gamble.
īu cîah īu pûah; hàuⁿ cîah hàuⁿ pûah;
smokes opium and gambles.
pûah kàu sok-sok-theh;
played till he had nothing left to stake.
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  • To slip and fall; to make a false step; to tumble.
i pûah lô̤h khṳ̀ cū peh m̄ cáu-khí;
if he falls down he cannot get up again.
i pûah tîeh tì-kò̤?
Where did he hurt himself when he fell?
i pûah cîh kha kut;
he fell down and broke his leg.
pûah lô̤h khṳ̀ līo-līo-tît;
fell down flat.
i cē thiaⁿ tîeh cū îang pûah lô̤h khṳ̀;
when she heard it she fell in a swoon.
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  • To flop sidewise.
cûn-búe pûah kùe tang pôiⁿ;
turn the stern of the boat eastward.
cûn pûah m̄ tńg sin;
cannot turn the boat.
khṳt i kâi hṳ̂-búe pûah khṳ̀ kàu cū pûah lô̤h khṳ̀;
one would be felled by a blow from his tail.
i tó̤ kîaⁿ, kâi búe pûah kùe lâi pûah kùe khṳ̀;
its tail flops to and fro as it goes.
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  • To draw water from a well.
khîeh pûah-tháng khṳ̀ pûah cêk pûah cúi;
take the drawing bucket and draw a bucket of water.
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  • To toss down; to throw.
pûah tâu;
to throw dice.
pûah lô̤h thô-ĕ, tiang-cē-kìe;
if you throw it upon the ground it jingles.