Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/pwt

by Adele Marion Fielde

pwt

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• To elevate; to promote; to excel.

i sĭ pŵt kong-seng;

he is a selected sìu-châi, one who excels the common rank, and can be employed.

pŵt pó móng îaⁿ kâi chám-cìang;

promoted to fill a vacant post as commander of a certain garrison.

thî-pŵt;

raise to a higher post.

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• Intractable.

pŵt cheⁿ;

a comet, in allusion to its sudden appearance and supposed malign influences.

hàm i màiⁿ lâi tó̤ pŵt-cheⁿ;

tell him not to come about like an evil star.

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pŵt-sîap;

uncomfortable; tiresome.

cêk lō kâi pŵt-sîap sĭ kang-khó căi;

the discomforts of the journey are great.

pŵt-pŵt sîap-sîap, sĭm sĭ kang-khó;

most uncomfortable and very fatiguing.

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• To disperse, to drive off.

pŵt tṳ̂ put sîang;

to ward off evil.