Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/o̤h

by Adele Marion Fielde

o̤h

• 呃o̤h2304
• To hiccough; to eructate.

phah o̤h;

to belch or hiccough.

i cong-kú phah o̤h sĭ ŭ pēⁿ;

if he belches continually, he is surely ill.

khó sái o̤h;

hiccough because of sour stomach.

• 難oh61417211
• Hard, difficult; not easy or pleasant; irksome, fatiguing.

o̤h pat;

difficult to comprehend.

mih sṳ̄ to o̤h;

every thing is irksome.

cía àiⁿ sêng, cóng o̤h;

it is going to be difficult to compass this.

cí tîo lō o̤h kîaⁿ;

this road is a tiresome one.

cía îeh bŏi o̤h cîah;

this medicine is not hard to take.

o̤h kâi jī i m̄ pat;

he does not know the hard letters.

jṳ̂-jṳ̂, o̤h it-tit;

it is not well arranged, and is hard to remember.

• 述ô̤h7791625
• To narrate; to tell the particulars.

ô̤h kó;

tell stories.

úa ôh lṳ́ thiaⁿ;

I tell you about it.

i ô̤h kàu cêk tîo;

he repeated one line.

ô̤h i kâi ūe khṳt nâng thiaⁿ;

repeat his words for others to hear.

i hun-hù i màiⁿ kio nâng ô̤h;

she told him not to tell any body.

lṳ́ hó̤ ô̤h i cai;

you make it known to him.

• 學ô̤h2093913
• To learn; to practise; to imitate.

i m̄ khéng ô̤h;

he is unwilling te learn.

cìn ô̤h; jîp ô̤h;

to enter school.

ngĭ ô̤h;

a free school.

ô̤h sîp;

to learn.

ô̤h bú;

learn military tactics.

ô̤h tn̂g;

school-house.

ô̤k kuaⁿ;

superintendent of schools.

ô̤h keng;

a government district school.

chut gūa îu ô̤h;

travel for information.

i mih sṳ̄ to ô̤h tît lâi;

he can learn anything.

ô̤h ŭ cêk īeⁿ kang-hu chíu-gōi tŏ̤ sin;

has learned a trade.

i ô̤h ŭ jîeh kú?

How long has he been practising it?

ô̤h chùi ô̤h cîh;

to mimic.

ô̤h i kâi īeⁿ;

follow his example.

ô̤h hó̤;

practise what is good.