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Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
  • au6259811
  • A bowl, or deep cup.
au, úaⁿ, pûaⁿ, tîh;
all sorts of dishes.
tê-au;
a tea cup.
kài-au;
a covered cup.
khám-au;
a covered bowl.
lûi-au;
a triturating bowl.
châ au;
a wooden bowl.
pùaⁿ au;
half a bowlful.
thìo kùe kau, cîah saⁿ au;
much eating to little exercise.
  • au6268511
  • To soften by long soaking; to macerate.
khîeh khṳ̀ tî tèng au;
take it and soak it in the pool.
au kàu chàu;
it has soaked so long that it smells badly.
tò̤ lô̤h pùn-tî khṳ̀ au;
pour it into the cesspool and let it rot.
au kàu thúe-thúe;
kept in soak till it is friable.
  • au6267911
  • To cudgel; to maul.
khṳt i khîa ki thûi au kàu lok-lok;
suffered him to take a club and beat him to a jelly.
au cîh i kâi kha kut;
broke his leg by mauling him.
khîa ki tek-ko au i;
took a bamboo and cudgeled him.
  • áu6267911
  • To fight with sticks or fists.
áu-phah;
to maul.
áu sieⁿ;
to wound by beating.
áu jôk;
to disgrace by a blow.
  • áu1077645
  • To press at the arm of a lever; to twist; to wrest; to lift obliquely; self-willed.
cip-áu;
obstinate.
áu-mân;
perverse.
áu-hûeⁿ;
warped, twisted, prejudiced.
áu-cih-khut;
crumpled up.
áu lí;
pervert doctrine.
áu tńg thâu;
turn it over endwise.
áu hṳ̂;
to catch fish with a lifting net.
áu cang;
to lift a fishing net.
áu mûeh-kĭaⁿ;
to carry things at one end of a pole over the shoulder.
tăng thâu áu;
to press at the short arm of a lever.
cang chíu áu khi lâi koiⁿ-thâu;
lift it up on the shoulder with the hands.
áu m̄ tńg;
he does not articulate it clearly.
sang áu sang cûah cĭu hoh cōi;
two different losses on the same article makes a considerable deficiency in the end.
i kâi ūe tàⁿ lâi áu-áu, sĭ tŏa cîh a m̄ sĭ?
He speaks incoherently, he is tongue-tied is he not?
  • áu6263011
  • To raise from the stomach.
áu-thò;
to puke.
áu-ueh;
to retch and vomit.
áu hueh;
bleed at the lungs.
áu sng;
raise sour mucus from the stomach.
áu nŭaⁿ-cúi;
raise mucus from the stomach.
àiⁿ áu, áu m̄ chut;
wanted to throw it up but could not.
cē thóiⁿ cū áu-ueh;
gagged at the sight of it.
áu sim-hueh kâi cîⁿ;
money gained at the expense of health.
  • àu6268511
  • To rot or soften from dampness.
àu kàu chàu;
so rotten that it stinks.
m̄ cai phâk cū àu tīo;
if you do not dry them in the sun, they will spoil from dampness.
àu kàu nĕ hu-hu;
decayed to powder.
  • àu6256113
  • Vexed, angry, cross.
àu-cè;
nettled.
i cē àu-cè cū m̄ khṳ̀;
if he once gets out of patience, he won't go.
àu-sèⁿ;
grouty.
àu-sèⁿ, cò̤ cē màiⁿ;
he is irritated, and will have nothing to do with it.
àu khì;
out of temper.
cêk tó àu-khì;
thoroughly vexed.
àu-cè kàu kâi mīn àu-àu;
so vexed that she looks cross.
àu-chàu;
quick-tempered; out of temper; to fly into a passion.
àu-cè cū kio i léng tīo;
being in a passion he pushed it away.
i àu-cè kàu m̄ cîah;
he is so out of temper that he will not eat.
àu-cè kàu kìe m̄ ìn;
he is so out of temper that he will not answer when he is called.
i kâi nâng sèⁿ-chêng àu-àu-chàu-chàu;
he has a very violent temper.
  • àu6253710
  • Obscure, mysterious.
chim àu;
hard to understand; profound.
àu bīo; àu mĭo;
mysterious.
  • âu174809
  • The passages of the throat.
âu-lêng;
the throat.
ngĕ âu;
the windpipe.
ńng âu;
the gullet.
âu-lêng gṳ̆;
"Adam's apple."
âu-lêng lih;
the palate.
âu-lêng kńg;
the tonsils.
âu taⁿ;
thirsty.
âu thìaⁿ;
sore throat.
seⁿ âu gô̤;
have quinsy.
mi âu, céng tó;
ulcerated throat and swollen belly.
tiam âu;
quench thirst.
khîeh kò̤ lâi tiam âu;
take a bit to quench thirst.
thâk tîeh âu-lêng-kńg ngĕ;
tonsils stiffened by reading.
âu im;
the intonation.
i kâi âu khuah căi;
he has a wide gullet.
lṳ́ màiⁿ tó̤ âu ôih;
do not mince.
cheh âu;
to choke, to stop up the throat.
hṳ̂-kut khéⁿ tîeh âu-lêng;
a fish bone stuck in his throat.
thóiⁿ tîeh tó̤ jío âu;
seeing it makes his mouth water.
jíang phùa âu-lêng;
screaming to split his throat.
jíang kàu âu bô̤ siaⁿ;
screamed till he was hoarse.
peh âu peh cîh;
telling lies.
peh lṳ́ kâi âu;
you tell lies.
lṳ́ mài tó̤ peh âu;
don't lie.
âu soi;
throat husky.
bô̤ âu tói siaⁿ;
can not speak aloud.
bô̤ âu tói;
no strength of lung.
hó̤ âu tói;
a resonant voice.
līu âu;
to throttle.
kúi līu âu;
an imp throttles him.
kṳ̀ âu;
cut the throat.
hía, kṳ̀ âu lío!
Really, I've cut my own throat!
thâm sak tîeh âu-lêng;
his throat is stopped up by phlegm.
gû âu;
a flask, made from the gullet of an ox.
âu bŏi thong khì;
cannot breathe.
khui tōa âu;