Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/m

by Adele Marion Fielde

m

• 姆ḿ606385
• An elderly woman; the wife of a father’s or a husband’s elder brother.

lău ḿ;

an old aunt.

chù-piⁿ a-sím a-ḿ hùe;

the middle aged and elderly women among the neighbors.

tōa ḿ;

my husband’s eldest brother’s wife.

sĭ ún a-ḿ;

it is our paternal aunt.

• 不m̆71713
• Will not; does not wish to; has decided against it; is averse to.

úa m̆;

I am not going to do that.

úa kìe i cò̤-pû khṳ̀, i tàⁿ i m̆;

I asked him to go with me and he said he would not.

i m̆ thâk;

he refuses to study.

i m̆ cîah;

he will not eat.

i m̆ chap i;

he will not associate with them.

i m̆ tàⁿ;

he declines to speak.

úa àiⁿ khang i kîaⁿ, i m̆;

I wanted to lead him along, and he would not let me.

i cò-nî m̆?

Why will he not?

in ā sĭ khṳ̀, ún cū m̆;

if they go we will not.

• 不m̄71713
• An adverb of negation.

m̄ cai;

unaware.

m̄ pat;

do not know.

m̄ hío;

do not understand.

m̄ thiaⁿ;

disobey.

m̄-hó̤;

bad.

m̄ pĭen;

inconvenient.

m̄-tâng;

dissimilar.

m̄ ngía;

unlovely.

m̄ jû ì;

unsatisfactory.

m̄ jîen;

unlike.

khá m̄ sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ?

Is it not so?

m̄ káⁿ;

would not presume.

lṳ́ àiⁿ a m̄-ài?

Do you want it or not?

m̄-àiⁿ;

he does not want it.

àiⁿ khṳ̀ a m̄?

Are you going or not?

sĭ a m̄ sĭ?

Is it so or not?

hó̤ a m̄-hó̤?

Is it well to do so or not?

i m̄ hàuⁿ kio úa tàⁿ;

he would not tell me.

khéng a m̄ khéng;

willing or unwilling.

m̄ kûi m̄ kĕ;

neither higher nor lower.

cía sĭ lṳ́ kâi a m̄ sĭ?

This is yours is it not?

i tàⁿ bô̤, úa m̄ sìen;

he says there is none, but I do not believe it.

m̄ sĭ ā;

that is not it.

m̄ huaⁿ-hí;

displeased.