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Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
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ke sùaⁿ, nâng bûang;

the family is scattered or dead.
sùaⁿ-khui;
to disperse, as clouds.
hûn sio, phek sùaⁿ;
lost presence of mind.
hûn sùaⁿ-khui lío;
the clouds disperse.
sùaⁿ thiah;
to divide up, as in selling at retail.
cêk sin kâi kṳn-kut sang-sang sùaⁿ;
feel weak in all my joints; loose jointed.
cí īeⁿ îeh sùaⁿ khì, cí īeⁿ îeh sùaⁿ hueh;
this medicine reduces the congestion, and the other disperses the blood.
sùaⁿ si;
dissolution of the body.
  • sùaⁿ724910
  • A shelter; a cover from sun or rain; a parasol.
hŏ-sùaⁿ;
an umbrella.
cúa hŏ-sùaⁿ, pò hŏ-sùaⁿ;
paper umbrellas and cloth umbrellas.
tōaⁿ nê-sùaⁿ;
an umbrella with an valance at its edge.
saⁿ iam nê-sùaⁿ;
an three storied official umbrella.
bw̄n jîn sùaⁿ;
a testimonial umbrella, presented to a popular officer.
khîa hŏ-sùaⁿ;
carry an umbrella.
théng hŏ-sùaⁿ; khui hŏ-sùaⁿ;
open an umbrella.
hŏ-sùaⁿ kut, hŏ-sùaⁿ pèⁿ;
the ribs and the handle of an umbrella.
hŏ-sùaⁿ sin àiⁿ pie chíⁿ-pò;
will have the umbrella covered with blue cambric.
cíaⁿ-lí hŏ-sùaⁿ; siu-sîp hŏ-sùaⁿ;
repair an umbrella.
  • ‬線sùaⁿ8011209
  • Thread of any kind; fine cord or lines; a clue, a trace; needlework; a way for, a chance for, a hope; a remnant or relic, like an orphan who continues a family.
si sùaⁿ;
sewing silk.
thīⁿ sùaⁿ kâi;
sewed with thread.
tĭu-sùaⁿ;
linen thread.
ceh cò̤ sùaⁿ;
make it into thread.
ēng i lâi cò̤ ín-sùaⁿ;
set him on the trail; use it as a clue.
kò sùaⁿ khṳ̀ chūe;
follow the trail and seek it.
cêk kîa sùaⁿ;
a ball of thread.
cêk líu sùaⁿ;
a skein of thread.
cêk ki sùaⁿ;
a hank of silk.
sùaⁿ jîeh cōi pĭⁿ?
How many knots of thread are there?
sùaⁿ jṳ̂, khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ tháu i tit;
the thread is tangled, gently disentangle it.
húe-îeh-sùaⁿ;
a fuse.
ki cam, tîo sùaⁿ;
a needle and thread.
sùaⁿ cūe;
a seam.
tâng sùaⁿ, thih sùaⁿ, ngṳ̂n sùaⁿ;
copper, iron or silver wire.
cang i cò̤ sùaⁿ-so̤h;
use it as a clue.
sùaⁿ pō lîb khṳ̀;
the stitches liave given way.
  • ‬涎sûaⁿ982857
  • Mucous, exuded from snails.
am-lo̤ sûaⁿ;
the mucous of snails.
i cêk sin seⁿ suaⁿ; its whole body exudes mucous.

suah

  • ‬煞suah732869
  • Baleful; detrimental; to strike dead as by the sun; to injure as by malaria; to end.
suah cheⁿ;
a baleful star.
suah khì;
sickly vapors; malaria; the active spirit of death;
baleful influences which destroy luck.
i sĭ ngŏ̤ tîeh hiong sîn, ak suah;
he encountered malignant spirits.
kwn-suah;
crises in life, which occur triennially from three to sixteen, modified by the signs one is born in.
kwn-suah cheng-chó̤;
he has passed the critical periods of youth.
cŏ̤ suah, hìang suah;
evil influences from the rear or the front, geomantic terms connected with the position of graves.
saⁿ suah;
three points of the compass from which evils come during any year.
suah búe;
the very last.
ău-lâi cò̤-nî siu-suah?
Afterward what comes of it?
kàu suah-búe sĭ cò̤-nî?
In the end, what does it amount to?
  • ‬殺suah731796
  • To slay, to put to death, to murder, to kill; to put an end to.
suah síu;
a headsman.
suah thâng;
to destroy vermin.
suah nío-chṳ́;
to kill rats.
kài suah seⁿ;
forbid the slaughter of animals.
ŭ ui-hong suah-khì;
has an awe-inspiring.; dreadful look.
suah jîp tīn lâi;
fought his way into the ranks.
cía sǹg sĭ mông châi kù suah;
this was plotting murder for the sake of gain.
chò̤ suah;
manslaughter.
gō suah;
homicide.
keh suah;
accidental murder.
suah mīaⁿ;
murder.
  • ‬宿suah823408
  • A lodging place; to put up for the night; to sojourn.
suah-hiah;
to lodge; to stay over night.
cieh ún suah-hiah cêk meⁿ;
allow us to put up here for one night.
hiah-suah tŏ̤ tì-kò̤?
Where are your lodgings?

suaiⁿ

cêk lìap sūaiⁿ;
a mango.
khṳ̀ tīo sūaiⁿ hût, phau tīo sūaiⁿ phûe;

take out the stone, and shave off the rind of the mango.

suak

  • ‬塑suak8173210
  • To mold in clay; to model a statue.
suak cêk cun thô-sìeⁿ;
made a clay image.
sĭ thô suah kâi a sĭ châ tio kâi?
Is it moulded in clay, or carved from wood?
cí cêk ūi sîn-sìeⁿ suah lâi ngía câi;
this god is very finely modeled.
  • ‬朔suak773746
  • The first day of the moon.
múeⁿ hông suah bŭang cū tîeh kîaⁿ hieⁿ;
whenever the first and the middle of the month comes, incense must be offered.