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Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.

band is youthful and the wife also.

m̄ khéng kè lău ang;
unwilling to marry an old man.
lău ang-cía;
an old couple.
soiⁿ ang;
first husband.
côiⁿ ang;
former husband (now dead).
ău ang;
second husband.
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  • Rest; peace; to place at ease.
phêng-ang;
peace.
ang-sek;
rest.
ang-sek jît;
the Sabbath.
ang-sek-hieⁿ;
gum benjamin.
ang-kham;
a shrine, or case for ancestral tablets.
ang ūi;
to appoint the seats (for guests).
hâp sĭa phêng-ang;
all the clans at peace.
ang sim lô̤h ngîap;
keep your mind on your occupation.
ang ke;
to support a family.
ēng jîeh cōi cîⁿ ang ke?
How much is used for the support of the family?
ang-tùn kàu hó̤-hó̤;
well provided for.
ang-jîen cṳ̆-căi;
in quiet ease and comfort.
ang-lôk-kong;
a mere man of pleasure.
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  • A quail.
phah ang-chun;
to fight quails.
lîah ang-chun;
to carry around a quail that is being trained to fight.
ang-chun khuang;
a quail pen.
ang-chun tō̤;
a bag for carrying quails.
ang-chun pie;
the banner of the champion quail.
lông ang-chun;
to keep quails.
chíu lîah ang-chun bó̤;
to carry a female quail about, (in order to appear to be a sportsman).
ŭ nâng lîah ang-chun phùa ke, ŭ nâng lîah ang-chun hwt ke;
some train quails to the ruin of their families, some train them and thereby found families.
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  • An earthen jar, without handles or spout.
cíu àng;
wine jar.
bí àng;
rice jar.
mêng-thn̂g àng;
candy jar.
kîam-chài àng;
salt vegetable jar.
hue kim àng;
an urn, holding the bones of the dead.
àng thâu puah;
a pot used as a cover for a jar.
cíu àng thô;
the clay used to stop the mouths of wine-jars.
àng thâu īu;
a species of pumelo; a runt.
tham cîah, pûah lô̤h mêng-thn̂g àng;
the greedy fall into the sweetmeat jar.
chō̤ cêk àng cúi;
holds a jar of water.
cò̤ cêk àng chò;
make a jar of vinegar.
àng tói kâi chò-koi;
the animalcules in a jar of vinegar.
kŭaⁿ cêk àng cúi tĭⁿ-tĭⁿ;
bring a full jar of water.
lŏ cêk àng kôi;
pickle a jar of mashed fish.
ŭ cêk àng cau tṳ-nêk;
had a jar of corned pork.
khṳ̀ ûn kúi àng cíu;
go and heat up some jars of whiskey.
hue-kim-pău thóiⁿ-cò̤ mêng-thn̂g àng;
mistook an urn of dead men's bones for a candy pot.
tâng phûa m̄ sói àng, cē sói, sie-lîn-thàng;
old mother Tang did not often wash her jars, but when she did, she washed holes in them.
àng-le;
a potsherd.
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  • A banquet.
sṳ̀ àng;
confer a banquet.
ím àng;
to feast.
eng-îang àng; têk-mêng àng;
the banquet given by the provincial authorities to those who take the military or civil degree of kṳ́-jìn.
khûang-lîm àng;
an imperial banquet, given to those who take the degree of cìu-sṳ̄.
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  • The leg of a boot.
hia àng;
hia tháng; a boot leg.
khǹg ki to̤ tŏ̤ hia-àng tói;
kept a knife in his boot leg.
khùai-hia kâi hia-àng sĭ lâi níu kâi;
the leg of the top-boot buttons up.
phùa hia-tháng;
a torn boot leg; a scholar who gets no office.
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  • The leg of a stocking.
bûeh àng; bûeh tháng;
a stocking leg.
mn̂g-kó-àng;
the enciente of a city gate.
màiⁿ khṳt i kueⁿ tŏ̤ mn̂g-kó-àng tói, kă máng;
do not let him get shut in between the inner and outer gates to pass the night bitten by mosquitoes.
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  • A stoppage of the nose, caused by a cold; nasal, as a tone.
tàⁿ-ūe àng-àng;
to speak through the nose.
i chek-cúi lío tàⁿ-ūe àng-ǹg;
having a cold in his head, he speaks nasally.
kâi phīⁿ àng-ǹg àng-ǹg, kang-khó căi;
the nose stopped up, with a distressing cold.
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  • In conformity to; to lay or press the hand upon; to fix upon; to cause to stop; to give as security.
àng cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
thus, like this.
àng hìeⁿ-seⁿ;
so, like that.
àng côiⁿ hìeⁿ-seⁿ;
as before.
àng cí kâi hìeⁿ ngía;
as handsome as this.
àng cìeⁿ cōi;
so many.
àng hìeⁿ cíe;
so few.
àng cí kâi hìeⁿ hó̤;
as good as this.
àng huap-lût phōiⁿ;
administer according to law.
àng cìeⁿ tn̂g, àng cìeⁿ tōa; àiⁿ li lâi, màiⁿ li suah!
I have only what is of this length and size; if you want it, take it, if you do not want it, let it alone!
tŏ̤-lí àng cìeⁿ chim;
doctrine so deep.
àng hìeⁿ tn̂g;
so long as that.
ŏi tit àng cí cêk kâi cìeⁿ tōa cū àiⁿ;
if I can get one as large as this I want it.
bô̤ nâng àng lṳ́ cìeⁿ hó̤;
nobody is so good as you.
bô̤ nâng àng i hìeⁿ m̄ hó̤;
nobody is so bad as he.
àng tăi-ke hìeⁿ-seⁿ tàⁿ lâi kîaⁿ;
let us do as they all say.
àng hìeⁿ khî!
How strange!
àng kúi cĭu kṳ́;
in conformity to established custom.
lṳ́ àng cìeⁿ-seⁿ, úa àng hìeⁿ-seⁿ;
you do thus, and I do so.
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