Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ngiak

by Adele Marion Fielde

ngiak

• 瘧ngîak63810410
• Fever; febrile complaints; ague.

ngîak-cît sôk kìe-cò̤ pak kûaⁿ;

ague is commonly called chills.

ngîak ŭ khí hó̤ côih, ŭ khí m̄-hó̤ côih;

of fevers there are some that it is well to reduce suddenly, and others that it is not.

• 虐ngîak6381413
• Cruel; unfeeling; to harry.

pău-ngîak;

inhuman.

ngîak hāi peh-sèⁿ

tyrannize over the people.

tṳ̂ ngîak;

extirpate the cruel.

• 孽ngîak10813917
• The consequences of sin; retribution for crime; evils.

cía sĭ i ka-kī cṳ̆ cak ngîak;

this is something which he has brought upon himself.

cŭe ngîak tăng;

the results of his crime are serious.

io-ngîak;

retribution.

• 臬ngîak10801324
• A rule; a precedent.

ngîak-thâi; ngiak-pìen; ngiak-si;

a provincial judge.