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dictionary of the swatow dialect.
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m̄ cai i sĭ sí a sí ûah;
do not know whether he is dead of a live.
bōi ûah;
it will not live.
ŏi ûah; i ûah tŏ̤ kò̤;
it is alive.
ûah-ûah lîah lâi phah sí;
take him alive and beat him to death.
cheⁿ ûah;
live and active.
hôk-ûah;
to revive.
hwn-ûah khí lâi;
to come to life again.
ûah sîn;
a god that takes cognizance of things.
ûah hût;
a living Buddha; a merciful, generous man.
sĭ ûah jī a sĭ sí jī?
Is it a verb or a noun?
cí-kâi chn̂g-mīn àiⁿ cò̤ ngĕ kâi a ûah kâi?
Do you the top of the table fixed to the standard, or made so that it can be taken off?
i khì kàu àiⁿ sí àiⁿ ûah;
he is so angry that he will die rather than yield the point.
i cang cam kang tó̤ tō ûah;
she lives by her needle.
khùaⁿ-ûah;
comfortable.
ûah-tăng;
active, lively.
tôk-ûah;
a kind of angelica root.
i cìeⁿ-seⁿ tàⁿ sĭ m̄-hó̤ î-ûah kâi;
having said that he cannot slip out of it.
i sĭ m̄ cai sí ûah ā! He is unaware that he is in great danger there! i kâi nâng ûah-phuah căi;
she is a very bustling body.
ûah nêk;
the voluntary muscles.
ûah cúi cîⁿ;
current coin.
ūe kàu cū sĭ kâi ûah kâi;
drawn to the life.
cèng-lô̤h cū ûah;
it germinates as soon as it is planted.
i kâi mâk-sîn ûah căi;
the expression of her eyes is very vivacious.
ūe tîeh tàⁿ ûah, màiⁿ cn̂g kâi tàⁿ ngĕ khṳ̀;
make your speech somewhat ambiguous and do not put all your statements in such shape that you cannot recede from them.

uai

  • uai1037646
  • To scoop out; to excavate; to gouge out; to hollow out.
uai i lîap mâk chut lâi;
gouged out one of his eyes.
uai hĭⁿ;
to dig the wax out of the ears with a little scoop.
uai to̤;
an ear-scoop.
uai phīⁿ khang mô̤ⁿ;
remove the hairs from the nostrils by means of a sharp scoop.
uai kàu kâi khang khuah-khuah;
scooped out a great cavity.
jī sía tāⁿ, m̄ hó̤ uai pó;
when a letter is incorrectly written, one should not dig it out and paste in another.
uai tīo thô;
scoop out the clay.
  • uai1037775
  • Awry, askew; deflected; depraved.
i kâi sim nai tn̂g;
a depraved nature.
cò̤ lío uai-uai chúa-chúa;
made all askew.
m̄ sĭ nai-chúa kùe lâi cū sĭ uai-chúa kùe khù, jw̆n cò̤, m̄ tît;
if it does not lop over one way it will the other, and I cannot manage in any way to make it stand upright.
i kâi kháu ngán ŏi uai-sîa;
his mouth and eyes are awry.

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  • To slip and step on the side of the foot; to sprain.
úai tîeh kha;
to sprain one's ankle.
kha úai kàu bŏi kîaⁿ;
has sprained his leg so that he cannot walk.
kîah thô̤ khah kûiⁿ, kîaⁿ lō phîh-phîh úai;
the supports of my clogs are too high, and when I walk my feet slip.
kŭa ôi úai lîh khṳ̀;
my shoe split, by the turning of my foot.

uaihⁿ

  • uâihⁿ11715911
  • To alter the course; change the direction of; to veer; to shift.
tieⁿ chia uâihⁿ kùe lâi, tieⁿ chia uâihⁿ kùe khṳ̀;
one vehicle veered to the right and the other to the elft.
àiⁿ uâihⁿ tùi cìeⁿ pôiⁿ a uâihⁿ tùe hìeⁿ pôiⁿ?
Should it be turned in this direction or in that?
cûn uâihⁿ tò-tńg;
the boat has turned back.
tŏa ûaihⁿ chúa kùe tang pôiⁿ;
turn the rudder so as to steer eastward.
tōa phàu uâihⁿ kùe cē, cìaⁿ bū tit tîeh;
turn the cannon a little more to one side, then it will hit the mark.
i kâi keng ûaihⁿ kùe tò̤ chíu pôiⁿ īa ŏi sīa, uâihⁿ kùe cìaⁿ chíu pôiⁿ īa ŏi sīa;
he can shift his bow to his left hand and shoot, then shift it to his right hand and shoot again.

uak

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  • To blaze up; to flame up.
húe uak-uak jîeh;
the fire is blazing how.
cêk tó húe uak-uak jîeh;
in a perfect rage.
thâu-khak uak-uak jîet;
her head is blazing hot.
uak-uak kìe;
the muttering of flames.
  • ûak2589414
  • To get, to obtain, to find opportunity.
ûak cŭe;
to commit a crime; to sin.
ûak cŭe i thiⁿ, bô̤ só̤ táu;
who sins against Heaven has no place for prayer.
ûak lĭ;
to make money.
cìeⁿ-sî kâi seng-lí ûak lĭ mē?
Has your business been profitable lately?
ûah hok bô̤ kiang;
obtain endless bliss.

uang

uang1043854 uang.îang;

a deep and wide expanse of water, the open sea.
cêk mō̤ⁿ uang-uang îang-îang;
nothing but an expanse of water to be seen.
sì mō̤ⁿ uang-îang bô̤ cì;
on all side a boundless expanse.
kàu cí kài sĭ uang-îang tăi-hái;
this is mid ocean.
lŭi uang-uang;
floods of tears.
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  • Ample, wide.
tōa chù tōa uang-uang;
a spacious house.
i kâi chù uang-uang kûiⁿ tōa;
their house is roomy, high and large.