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Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
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the empire.

úa tŏ̤ hú-sîaⁿ cū bŭn-kìⁿ cía sṳ̄;
I heard this at the Departmental City.
sin-bŭn-cúa;
a newspaper.
úa bŭn mîaⁿ kú lío;
I have long been acquainted with your name.
  • būn577618
  • Sad; unhappy; melancholy.
iu-būn;
grieved.
chô-būn;
sorrowful.
būn-būn nē;
very unhappy.
kói būn; sùaⁿ būn;
to dissipate grief.
lṳ́ màiⁿ iu-būn;
do not be distressed.

but

  • but1053305
  • Taste or flavor; it corresponds to the termination ish when applied to tastes.
hiam-but;
peppery.
tîam-but;
sweetish.
sng-but;
sourish.
khó-but;
bitterish.
cîah tîeh hiam-but hiam-but;
it has a pungent flavor.
hía hṳ̂ cò̤-nî ŏi khó-but? sĭ thâi phùa táⁿ a m̄ sĭ?
Why is the fish bitter? The gallbladder was broken in cutting up the fish was it not?
kàu cîh búe se-su khó-but;
it leaves a slightly unpleasant taste in the mouth.
cîah kàu chùi búe tòa sng-but;
an acid taste is left in the mouth after eating it.
līo-bût;
condiments; sauces; spicery; seasoning.
àiⁿ lô̤h sĭm-mih līo-bût?
What will you season it with?
cí kò̤ bô̤ hṳ̂-seⁿ līo-bût;
there is no condiment here fit to go with fish.
  • bût154645
  • To beat out the dust.
khîeh ki chûe khṳ̀ bṳ̂t, cìaⁿ ŏi cheng-khih;
get a stick and beat it, then it will be clean.

bw̆n

  • bw̆n5766111
  • To neglect or slight.
khin-bw̆n;
to treat haughtily.
bú-bw̆n;
treat with contempt.
màiⁿ bw̆n tîeh i,
do not slight him;
cìeⁿ-seⁿ sǹg sĭ siet-bw̆n tîeh i;
that would be considered contemptuous treatment of him.
  • bw̆n5765011
  • A curtain.
tìeⁿ bw̆n;
a curtain.
kiē bw̆n;
sedan curtains.
  • bw̆n104014011
  • Tangled vines.
bw̆n-cheⁿ;
a turnip, green colored and with tubers above ground, used in medicine.
bw̆n-cháu lâng tṳ̂;
tangle grass is not easily extirpated.
  • bw̆n57518411
  • Steamed bread, or wheaten cakes.
bw̆n-thâu;
a loaf of steamed bread.
  • bw̆n1040244
  • A mystic emblem of high antiquity, explained to be the symbol of Buddha's heart; it is the hammer of Thor and is common in Norse mythology.
àiⁿ kuah cò̤ bw̆n-jī piⁿ;
will have it carved with a border in Vetruvian scroll.
bw̆n-jī pĭⁿ;
braid with the Vitruvian scroll woven in it.
bw̄n-jī lâng-kang;
a balustrade with a convoluted lattice.
  • bw̄n10401409
  • All; every; ten thousand; a strong superlative.
bw̄n nâng;
everybody.
bw̄n mûeh;
everything.
bw̄n kok;
all nations.
bw̄n hok;
every blessing.
bw̄n ak îm ûi síu;
of all wickedness lewdness is chief.
bw̄n kim ke-súaⁿ;
an estate of immense value.
cêk bw̄n;
ten thousand.
cêk choiⁿ bw̄n;
ten millions.
peh bw̄n;
a million.
câp bw̄n;
a hundred thousand.
cêk pńg, bw̄n lâi;
ten thousand per cent gain.
châng-hn̂g, bw̄n khẃn;
countless acres of farm land.
bw̄n bô̤ cêk sit;
nothing lost or missed.
bw̄n tang cṳ cêk;
one among a thousand.
bw̄n kó to bŏi hāi;
it will never wear out; time will not affect it.
bw̄n bô̤ chṳ́ lí;
there is no such principle.
bw̄n-bw̄n m̄ hó̤;
most certainly not; a thousand times no.
bw̄n-bw̄n put lêng;
it cannot be done.
lṳ́ choiⁿ bw̄n tîeh lâi;
you must come without fail.
choiⁿ kun bw̄n bé;
myriads.
bw̄n sì;
all ages.
bw̄n tō̤;
all generations.
choiⁿ châng bw̄n tī;
an immeasurable extent of land.
kàu cí-kò̤ choiⁿ suaⁿ bw̄n cúi, sît-căi sĭ kang-khó;
to come here over innumerable mountains and seas is indeed difficult.
būe cău bw̄n mûeh cṳ côiⁿ;
before all things were created.

ca

  • ca-bó641380
  • A female, of the human race.
sĭ ta-po a ca-bó?
Is it a boy or a girl?
ca-bó kíaⁿ;
a daughter.
ca-bó ké cò̤ ta-po;
a woman disguised as a man.
  • ca3859
  • Dregs; lees; what is left after infusion.
îeh ca;
the dregs of medicine.
tê ca;
tea leaves that have been steeped.
tè tīo ca;
strain out the dregs.
kbṳ̀ ca;
take out the lees.
hun-ca;
the refuse left in the pipe after opium has been smoked.
ca-cái;
sediment.
  • ca1005725
  • Yesterday; time gone; recently.
ca-jît;
yesterday.
i ca-jît cìaⁿ lâi;
he came yesterday.
úa ca-mêⁿ-hng m̄ cai kio i tàⁿ;
I did not think to tell him last evening.
ca-mêⁿ cn̂g kâi bŏi ût;
I could not