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Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
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  • put438647
  • To fill a hod or basket with earth, as in building adobe walls.
hàm i khṳ̀ put thô;
tell him to go and bring earth in a hod.
put thô lâi ceng chîeⁿ;
bring the earth for pounding into tho wall.

pwn

  • pẁn654645
  • To put in seasoning; to mix ingredients in food.
pẁn ló, pẁn câu-câu;
put in “stock” as a seasoning, and mix it uniformly throughout the mass.
pẁn kài-lûah;
season with mustard.
thiⁿ-sî jûah, pá-lói cò̤ lîang-pẁn kâi lâi cîah kèng hó̤;
since the weather is hot it is better to prepare food with condiments of a cooling nature.
sûi i cò̤-nî iam pẁn sẁn;
let her concoct it as she pleases.
  • pw̆n652297
  • To revolt; to resist authority.
i sĭ pw̆n-ngêk kâi nâng;
he is a rebellious person.
pw̆n-châk;
a rebel.
mông pw̆n;
plot rebellion.
kek kàu i pw̆n-hẃn;
drove him to rebellion.
hẃn-pw̆n;
to revolt.
pw̆n thû; pw̆n chîn, châk cṳ́;
traitors; rebels.
i pw̆n khṳ̀ kè;
she eloped and married.
  • pw̆n124645
  • To regard lightly.
pw̆n-mĕng;
to risk life.
i pw̆n-mĕng căi;
he is foolhardy.

pwt

  • pŵt647645
  • To elevate; to promote; to excel.
i sĭ pŵt kong-seng;
he is a selected sìu-châi, one who excels the common rank, and can be employed.
pŵt pó móng îaⁿ kâi chám-cìang;
promoted to fill a vacant post as commander of a certain garrison.
thî-pŵt;
raise to a higher post.
  • pŵt718394
  • Intractable.
pŵt cheⁿ;
a comet, in allusion to its sudden appearance and supposed malign influences.
hàm i màiⁿ lâi tó̤ pŵt-cheⁿ;
tell him not to come about like an evil star.
pŵt-sîap;
uncomfortable; tiresome.
cêk lō kâi pŵt-sîap sĭ kang-khó căi;
the discomforts of the journey are great.
pŵt-pŵt sîap-sîap, sĭm sĭ kang-khó;
most uncomfortable and very fatiguing.
  • pŵt1541135
  • To disperse, to drive off.
pŵt tṳ̂ put sîang;
to ward off evil.

pha

  • pha666644
  • To throw out; to cast off.
pha măng lîah hṳ̂;
cast out a net to catch fish.
pha teng;
to cast anchor.
sai pha kîu;
lions playing with a ball.
khîeh măng lâi pha ang-chun;
take a net and catch quails.
  • pha6661307
  • A bladder.
tṳ pha;
a pig's bladder.
jīe pha;
the bladder.
  • pha4681576
  • To bestride.
pha cĭeⁿ bé sin cū tîeh khîa;
if you mount a horse you must ride him.
  • phă667855
  • A bubble; a blister.
kha seⁿ phă;
feet are blistered.
cúi phă;
bubbles.
seⁿ cúi phă kâi po̤-lî;
glass that has air bubbles in it.
phok phă;
to blister; to rise in blisters.
pêh phă kòi;
itch, having pus in the blisters.
ngâu kàu i kún khí lâi kâi phă kâi phă;
seethe it till it bubbles.
o phă;
blood blisters.
lâm kàu kâi phă kâi phă;
scalded so that it is blistered.

phaⁿ

  • phàⁿ647615
  • To fear; to dread; to apprehend; to suppose; lest; perhaps.
tong chîn put phàⁿ sí;
the loyal courtier has no dread of death.
khíong-phàⁿ i m̄ cai;
lest he should be ignorant of it.
i thiaⁿ tîeh cū hăi-phàⁿ;
when he heard it he was amazed.
phàⁿ i cò̤-nî?
What are you afraid of?
hô̤ phàⁿ i lâi?
Why dread his coming?
kiaⁿ-phàⁿ;
frightened.
tī-tîang phàⁿ tī-tîang!
Who is afraid of you!
  • phàⁿ10181306
  • Spongy; light, as bread or pastry; mellow, as fruit; tender yet firm, as flesh.
i kâi nêk phàⁿ-phàⁿ, hó̤ căi;
its meat is tender and delicious.
phàⁿ-kuaⁿ;
the lights; the lungs.
cí lîap put-kíaⁿ phàⁿ căi;
this guava is very mellow.
mīⁿ-pau phû kàⁿ, màiⁿ phû khah phàⁿ;
in raising bread with yeast, do not let it rise till it is too porous.

phah

  • phah711645
  • To beat; to clap.
i kâi khek chìe khṳ̀ hâh phah;
the ballad was sung in tune.
seⁿ cò̤ khṳ̀ kah-phah;
is well proportioned.
seⁿ lâi kah-phah;
well formed.
  • phah839642
  • To strike, to pound, to beat, to maul, to fight; to pommel and take blows; to excite or do; to add; to play on or with; a blow, a stroke; punish