Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/piuh

by Adele Marion Fielde

piuh

• 萌piuh5791408
• To bud; to germinate.

chun cē kàu i cū piuh gê;

when spring comes it will put forth sprouts.

hṳ́ kò̤ piuh ki sún, cí kò̤ piuh ki sún;

sends forth a shoot here and there.

tān piuh khak;

the peas have sprouted.

cìm kàu i piuh khak hwt gê;

soak them till they burst their shells, and send forth sprouts.

• 刺pîuh1035186
• To prod; to stab.

pîuh ŭ jîeh chim lô̤h khṳ̀;

thrust it in ever so far.

i kâi cam pîuh lô̤h khṳ̀ hía hueh cheⁿ-sw̆n chut lâi;

he thrust in his lancet and the blood gushed out.

i kâi tó khṳt i pîuh phùa;

his bowels were pierced by it