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dictionary of the swatow dialect.
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ment of dressed animal carcasses to offer to the gods.

cêk hù ngó-kúe tîh;
a set of fruit dishes.
ūe cò̤ ngó hok;
paint the five bats in different positions.
ngó căng lâk hú;
all the internal organs.
  • ngó106194
  • Men arranged by fives; a file of soldiers; a squad, a company; a comrade; to associate with.
hâng-ngó;
rank and file; in regular files.
pái tūi-ngó chut lâi ngêng-cih;
paraded & company out, to meet and welcome.
i sĭ hâng-ngó chut sin, îaⁿ ngó kâi sṳ̄ i sêk;
he rose from the ranks, and is familiar with camp life.
ngŏ nâng ûi ngó;
five men form a sqaad.
sío-lí kio i téng-ngó;
ashamed to be in the same company with him.
  • ngó1061242
  • Midday; south.
jît-thâu tng ngó;
the sun is on the meridian; it is just noon.
cīeⁿ ngó, ĕ ngó;
forenoon and afternoon.
jît íⁿ-keng kùe ngó;
the sun has already past the zenith.
cîah ngó pn̄g ău cū lâi;
will come after the midday meal.
cŏ̤ hìang sĭ cìaⁿ cṳ́-ngó;
it sets due north and south.
tong ngó;
midday.
ngó sîah;
a midday banquet.
  • ngó62699
  • An image; a pair, a match, a mate; as an adverb, unpremeditatedly, accidentally.
ngó-sìeⁿ;
images; idols; a statue.
pài ngó-sìeⁿ;
worship idols.
ngó-ngŏ̤ sĭeⁿ tîeh;
happened to think of it.
cía sĭ ngó-jîen kâi sṳ̄;
this is a matter of course.
ngó-jṳ́ thóiⁿ-kìⁿ;
chanced to see it.
i tŏ̤ sìo nî cū sit ngó;
he lost his mate in early life.
  • ngó1063614
  • Disobedient; intractable; froward.
ngó-ngêk;
headstrong ; stiff in holding to one’s opinions, especially against superiors.
ngó tîeh i kâi ì;
go against his wishes.
hàu-sŭn hŵn seⁿ hàu-sŭn kíaⁿ, ngó-ngêk hŵn seⁿ ngŏ-ngêk jî;
the filial have filial children, the froward have froward sons.
  • ngó62614015
  • The large rootstalk of the Nelumbrium, used for food.
ngŏ hún;
arrowroot.
ngó-cak;
roots of the water-lily.
  • ngŏ106072
  • Five.
tŏiⁿ ngŏ;
the fifth.
ngŏ gûeh;
the fifth month.
ngŏ peh ngŏ câp ngŏ;
five hundred and fifty-five.
chiu ngŏ;
the fifth day of the month.
jîh-ngŏ;
twenty-five.
peh lâng ngŏ;
a hundred and five.
ngŏ choiⁿ lâng-lâng ngŏ; ngŏ khàng-khàng ngŏ;
five thousand
and five.
ngŏ ngŏ jĭ-câp-ngŏ;
five times five are twenty-five.
ngŏ kìⁿ ngŏ;
once five is five.
jĭ ngŏ, cìn it câp;
twice five are ten.
saⁿ ngŏ it-câp-ngŏ;
thrice five are fifteen.
ngŏ kṳn ngŏ níe;
five pounds and five ounces.
câp-ngŏ phāng thiaⁿ;
a main room, having fifteen rows of tiles in its roof.
ngŏ koiⁿ kùe, thiaⁿ li jîh-ngŏ phāng;
five rooms in a row, the central one being the main room, with twenty-five rows of tiles in its roof.
  • ngŏ1061242
  • The seventh of the twelve stems, symbolized by the horse.
ngŏ sî;
from 11 o'clock A.M. to 1 o'clock P.M.
thóiⁿ sî-ceng li sĭ ngŏ sî cho̤;
it is just eleven by the clock.
ngŏ sî tong;
just noon.
ngŏ sî búe;
nearly one o'clock.
kah ngŏ nî;
a year that is first in the cycle of ten, and seventh in the cycle of twelve.
keⁿ ngŏ gûeh;
a month that is the seventh in the cycle of ten and seventh in the cycle of twelve.
píaⁿ ngŏ jît;
a day that is the third in the cycle of ten and seventh in the cycle of twelve.
  • ngŏ106194
ngŏ-co̤h;
certain persons attached to the courts, whose decision at inquests is relied on, and their report taken; the term is also applied to those who enshroud the dead.
sí nâng cáu m̄ kùe ngŏ-coh chíu;
the dead cannot escape the hands of the coroners.


ngoi

  • ngói10851126
  • To triturate.
ngói cò̤ bûah;
grind it to powder.
ngói lío cìaⁿ thai;
triturate and then sift it.
ngói cô̤;
a triturating trough.
ngói cô̤ lín;
a wheel used in grinding in a grinding trough.


ngoih

  • ngoih10802116
  • To gnash the teeth.
i ût lío hàuⁿ ngoih khí;
he is apt to grate his teeth when asleep.


ngong

  • ngōng46598
  • Clownish; rustic looking.
gûa mīn li ngōng-ngōng nē, tó lăi li cĕng-cĕng sim-sṳ̄;
appears very awkward and stupid, and is really full of astute projects.
i ngōng sĭ ngōng, cò̤ sṳ̄ sìn-sît;
his simplicity is real, he acts guilelessly.
i kâi īeⁿ seⁿ lâi ngōng-ngōng;
he has a rustic appearance.


ngo̤

  • ngô̤1120619
  • Uninstructed; rude; stupid.
ngô̤ tĭ;
your humble servant.
hó̤ kio hîen cía tâng sí, màiⁿ kio ngô̤ cía tâng seⁿ;
it is better to die with the wise than to live with the foolish.
i sĭm sĭ ngô̤-cwt;
he is