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dictionary of the swatow dialect.
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nuih
- 拾nuih768646
- To pick up; to gather up.
- hía cam li sòi ki, jĭm nuih, nuih m̄ khí;
- the needle is so small I cannot pick it up.
nut
- 訥nût6401494
- Sparing of words; slow of speech.
- i ío nût, bô̤ hìeⁿ ŏi tàⁿ ūe;
- he is sparing of words, and not much of a talker.
- i chùi cn̂g kâi nût căi;
- he is very unready of speech.
- thóiⁿ tîeh nût-nût nē, ŭ cìaⁿ-keng chiet-ìo kâi ūe i īu ŏi tàⁿ;
- he appears very quiet, but if there is any special or important subject for him to talk abont he can talk fluently enough.
o
- 烏o1058866
- Black; inky; dark; promiscuous; not reduced to order.
- o-a;
- crow or a raven.
- o-hek;
- dense darkness; black as ink.
- ēng o chiu îeh lâi ní;
- take the dye that is used to darken the beard and dye it.
- kui cṳ o-ŭ;
- it brought me in nothing; it was an entire loss; it all came to nought.
- o-hâh cṳ cèng;
- a set of lawless fellows; roughs and vagabonds.
- o pêh o pêh;
- speckled black and white.
- o hṳ̂;
- the black-fish.
- kún o;
- trim with black.
- kang o;
- deep black.
- o kî;
- a black flag.
- îu cò̤ o;
- paint it black.
- o-o sĭ jī, pêh-pêh sĭ cúa, úa m̄ pat i, i m̄ pat úa;
- the black is letters, and the white is paper, that is all I know about literature.
- pìn thiⁿ cn̂g kâi sĭ o hûn;
- the whole sky is overcast with clouds.
- 箶ô2221189
- A round shallow basket with vertical sides.
- bí ô;
- rice basket.
- pn̄g ô;
- a basket for holding cooked rice.
- ô kheng,
- a clothes basket.
- lîah ô;
- a large grain basket.
- ô kíaⁿ;
- a small flat basket.
- cîⁿ ô;
- money basket.
- 湖ô222859
- A lake; a large pool.
- ngó ô, sì hái;
- the whole empire.
- cí kâi nâng sĭ tó̤ cáu kang-ô;
- this man is a great traveller.
- lău kang-ô;
- an old traveller.
- lâi khṳ̀ sai-ô kò̤ thit-thô̤;
- let us go to the western pools for recreation.
- 芋ō11281403
- The taro, an edible tuber.
- cúi ō;
- the water taro.
- cṳ̆ sòi, jû ō hîeh khâng cúi cu;
- gently, as a taro leaf holds a dew-drop.
- ō n̆ng;
- small taro.
- ō cu kíaⁿ;
- dwarf taro.
- kho̤ cē ō mûeⁿ;
- make a stew of taro stalks.
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oi
- 偎oi104799
- To hug; to lean on; loving.
- oi kŭn i sin-piⁿ;
- snuggles up to her.
- oi kàu bûa-bûa;
- to hug close, (as a mother her child).
- i cŏ̤ pàng kò̤ oi-oi úa-úa;
- he lounges about when he sits.
- i kiaⁿ-ùi nâng oi-khoi tîeh i;
- he is afraid some one may lean on him; he is afraid he may have to spend something for some body.
- oi-úa tŏ̤ i koiⁿ thâu;
- leaning on his shoulder.
- 挨oi1647
- To crowd; contiguous; seriatim.
- sie oi sie léng;
- to jostle each other.
- oi-oi cìⁿ-cìⁿ;
- push and crowd.
- oi tit kùe;
- can crowd through.
- oi bŏi tit kùe;
- cannot shoulder my way through.
- oi ke mn̂g-hŏ khṳ̀ chê;
- go from door to door examining (as in taking a census).
- oi tîeh kòng;
- a selected sìu-châi, not yet a kṳ́-jîn.
- oi chṳ̀ sŭ;
- the next in regular sequence.
- 矮ói21118
- Low of stature ; dumpy.
- ói kíaⁿ;
- a pigmy.
- ói-jîn;
- dwarfs.
- ói-kha lô̤;
- to waddle.
- ói nâng thóiⁿ sṳ̄;
- a dwarf beholding a play.
- ói nâng to̤ sim sṳ̄;
- small people are full of projects.
- kìe kâi a-ói lâi thèⁿ;
- get a dwarf to prop it up. (said in derision of inefficiency).
- m̄ kûiⁿ, m̄ ói;
- medium sized.
- kûiⁿ kâi khah kûiⁿ, ói kâi khah ói;
- they are all too tall or too short.
- chn̂g khah ói;
- the table is too squat.
- màiⁿ teh ói khṳ̀;
- do not crush him into a dwarf.
- ói pûh chîak;
- pursy.
- ói sòi;
- stumpy.
- 挨òi1647
- To force one’s way; to press forward.
- i li-li òi-bûa khṳ̀;
- he kept pressing on toward it.
- òi kàu hṳ́ piⁿ-piⁿ kò̤;
- elbowed his way to the very edge of it.
- cèng nâng toah côi cū òi jîp khṳ̀;
- they all shouted in concert and forced their way in.
- òi cìn-côiⁿ;
- to press forward.
- phûe ôi;
- leather shoes.
- tîn-ôi;
- rattan slippers.
- cúi ôi;
- shoes impervious to water.
- kang ôi;
- shoes with felt soles.
- châ ôi;
- shoes with wooden soles.
- cháu ôi;
- straw sandals.
- ôi tói;
- the sole of a shoe.
- ói mīn;
- the uppers.
- ôi thâu;
- the toe.
- ôi ău-teⁿ; ôi búe;
- the heel.
- ôi chîeⁿ;
- the sides.
- ôi phīⁿ;
- the welts on the toe.
- ôi phīⁿ sim;
- the space between the welts.
- ôi mn̂g;
- the binding.
- ôi kám;
- the inside sole.
- ôi lí;
- the lining.
- chĭeⁿ ôi;
- to join the tops and soles.
- pâk ôi tói;
- make the soles.
- tèng ôi;
- to bind shoes.
- só̤ ôi;
- sew the seams in the uppers.
- i cwn tó̤ côih ôi-mīn-thiap bōi nâng;
- his business is solely that of cutting out the stiffening of the
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