Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ngo̤

by Adele Marion Fielde

ngo̤

• 愚ngô̤1120619
• Uninstructed; rude; stupid.

ngô̤ tĭ;

your humble servant.

hó̤ kio hîen cía tâng sí, màiⁿ kio ngô̤ cía tâng seⁿ;

it is better to die with the wise than to live with the foolish.

i sĭm sĭ ngô̤-cwt;

he is

very awkward.

hieⁿ ngô̤;

rustics.

ngô̤ mîn;

the unenlightened mob.

cĭu úa kâi ngô̤ kìⁿ lâi thóiⁿ sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

according to my humble opinion it is thus.

ngô̤-mŭeⁿ;

stupid.

tăi tì jîah ngô̤;

a clever man with a doltish expression.

ngô̤ hiaⁿ;

I, vour stupid elder brother.

ngô̤ tîet;

I, your foolish nephew.

• 隅ngô̤11191709
• A corner, a nook, a secluded spot; a precise portion.

tîe-ciu-sîaⁿ lăi hun cò̤ chit ngô̤, cêk ngô̤ cêk kâi tī-pó̤;

the city of Chau-chau-fu is divided into seven wards, and each ward has an alderman,

• 虞ngô̤11221417
• Anxious and therefore prepared; vigilant; provided against; an accident, a mishap.

khó̤ pó̤ bô̤ ngô̤;

can assure you there is nothing to apprehend.

chŵn m̄ pat so̤-ngô̤;

was remiss in nothing.

pàng kò̤ hó̤ ṳ̆-pĭ put ngô̤;

lay it aside in readiness for use in case of accident.

cía sĭ m̄-hó̤ so̤-ngô̤ kâi;

this is something that it will not do to be careless about.

• 梧桐ngô̤-thông1060
• The catalpa tree, noted for the even grain of its wood; the fall of its leaf denotes autumn.

• 遇ngŏ̤11281629
• To meet; to come unexpectedly upon one; to occur, to happen; whenever; at the time of.

ngŏ̤ kìⁿ;

chanced to meet.

ngŏ̤ i m̄ tiêh;

did not come across him.

sĭm sĭ hó̤ ngŏ̤;

it is a very fortunate occurrence.

put khî jṳ̂ ngŏ̤; put ieh jṳ̂ ngŏ̤;

meet without previous agreement.

tŏ̤ lō tèng ngŏ̤ tîeh;

met on the way.

ngŏ̤ tîeh i m̄ tŏ̤;

it happened that he was not at home.

cía sĭ lâng ngŏ̤ kâi sṳ̄;

this is something that hardly ever happens.

ŭ ŵn ngŏ̤;

it happened well.

i kâi ngŏ̤-hâh hó̤;

it wasa lucky coincidence.

i cí-hûe ngŏ̤ lāng, lâi kìu i;

he is now in trouble, let us go to his rescue.

sie ngŏ̤;

met each other.

tng mīn ngŏ̤ tîeh;

met him face to face.

• 悟ngŏ̤1063617
• To arouse to a sense of one’s situation; to awake; aware of; alive to.

chéⁿ ngŏ̤;

to rouse.

i kâi sim to m̄ chéⁿ ngŏ̤;

his mind does not take in the danger of the situation.

cip mîⁿ, put ngŏ̤;

remains bewildered and unaware of the danger.

• 寓ngŏ̤1128409
• To lodge; to sojourn; a lodging.

i kâi ngŏ̤-só̤ tŏ̤ tī-kò̤?

Where are his lodgings?

cĭam ngŏ̤ tŏ̤ móng chù;

temporarily lodge at a certain place.

i tŏ̤ khui kheh-ngŏ̤;

he keeps a lodging-house.