Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
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nak
- 揑nâk633649
- To mix and knead.
- nâk thíam-thíam;
- knead it very thoroughly.
- nâk khah tōa ē;
- kneaded into too large a lump.
- nâk mīⁿ-hún cò̤ píaⁿ;
- mix flour into cakes.
- 拉nâk497645
- To seize with the claws or fingers.
- i sang chíu nâk kín-kín;
- clutched tightly with both his hands.
- chíu cē nâk m̄ kín cū phìu khṳ̀;
- not being tightly grasped in his hand, it slipped through.
- nâk tîeh i kâi búe;
- seized him by the tail.
- ciah koi-kíaⁿ khṳt ēng nâk khṳ̀;
- a chicken has been carried off by a hawk.
- i khṳt hóⁿ nâk kàu cêk sin chap-chap-chùi;
- he was torn in pieces by a tiger.
- kâi tó khṳt i nâk phùa khṳ̀ lío, hṳ́ tói kâi tn̂g cū khṳt i cîam chut lâi;
- he first clawed open the bowels, and then dragged out the entrails.
nang
- 我等náng627
- We, including the hearer.
- cía m̄ sĭ náng kâi, sĭ in kâi;
- this is not ours, it is theirs.
- náng hó̤ lâi khṳ̀;
- let us go.
- àiⁿ a m̆, tŏ̤ náng ka-kī;
- whether we will or not, is for ourselves to decide.
- i m̄ hàuⁿ hâiⁿ náng, náng lâi chūe i;
- if he will not give it back to us, let us take measures for making him do it.
- náng tăi-ke tîeh hûa-môk;
- we must all be at peace among ourselves.
- i thau khîeh náng kâi;
- he stole something that belonged to us.
- náng cêk ciah koi khṳt i lîah khṳ̀;
- one of our fowls has been stolen by him.
- 人nâng28690
- A person; man; mankind; human; to ascribe personal existence to a thing.
- nâng-mûeh cōi;
- there is a great crowd.
- tōa-bó̤-mûeh nâng;
- a multitude.
- hṳ́ kò̤ chut ŭ sĭm-mih nâng-mûeh?
- What sort of people are they there?
- tōa tī-hng cū chut tōa nâng-mûeh;
- large places have great people in them.
- cêk khûn nâng àiⁿ khṳ̀ tī-kò̤?
- Where are all those people going?
- lṳ́ thóiⁿ-kìⁿ cêk kâi nâng a nŏ̤ kâi nâng?
- Did you see one person or two?
- choiⁿ nâng, bw̄n nâng chūe căi tit tîeh;
- you will seldom find one such person among a thousand or among ten thousand.
- nâng seⁿ chin-chĭeⁿ māng;
- man's life is like a dream.
- nâng-ke cōi, a phò-hŏ cōi?
- Are there more of family residences, or of shops?
- sĭm sĭ kiaⁿ nâng;
- is very diffident.
- i sĭang ùi nâng;
- he is exceedingly bashful.
- ŭ nâng tŏ̤ a bô̤?
- Was anybody there?
- bô̤ nâng tŏ̤;
- there was no one there.
- bô̤ pùaⁿ nâng tŏ̤;
- there was not a living soul there.
- khĭa tó̤ thóiⁿ nâng;
- stand gazing at people.
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- phah nâng;
- fight with somebody.
- sĭ sĭm-mih nâng?
- Who is he?
- m̄ hó̤ cò̤ nâng;
- cannot be anybody.
- i m̄sĭ nâng;
- he is inhuman.
- hŭam nâng;
- whoever.
- i kâi àu-nâng;
- he is a scurrilous fellow.
- i sĭ sío-jîn nâng;
- he is a low fellow.
- lṳ́ sĭ kun-cṳ́ nâng;
- you are a person of culture.
- nâng sim put cok;
- the human heart is never content.
- nâng īeⁿ; nâng khẃn;
- human kind.
- thiaⁿ tîeh ŭ nâng siaⁿ;
- hear the sound of voices.
- i kâi nâng hó̤;
- he is good.
- hẁn-bói nâng kháu;
- traffic in human beings.
- ak nâng;
- the wicked.
- hāi nâng;
- injure people.
- ŭ nâng-chêng;
- has a kindly disposition.
- i ŭ nâng-chêng tŏ̤ úa kò̤;
- I am indebted to him for favors.
- noⁿ-kíaⁿ nâng tàⁿ tōa nâng ūe;
- a child talking like a grown person.
- ūe nâng-kíaⁿ;
- paint dolls.
- hó̤ mn̄g cí kâi a-sím nâng;
- let us ask this middle-aged woman.
- a-ḿ nâng;
- elderly women.
- a-má nâng;
- women old enough to be grand-mothers.
- ău tùe kâi a-só̤ nâng;
- a young married woman followed on behind.
- lău a-peh nâng;
- elderly men.
- a-nîe-kíaⁿ nâng;
- a young girl.
- lău-a-kong nâng;
- a very old man.
- hău-seⁿ nâng;
- young men.
- lău-nâng;
- old men.
- lâm-cṳ́ nâng;
- men folk.
- hŭ-jîn nâng;
- women folk.
- cṳ-nîe nâng;
- ladies.
- a-hiaⁿ nâng;
- young or middle aged men.
- cía nâng-nâng àiⁿ;
- this is something that everybody wants.
- bô̤ nâng àiⁿ;
- nobody wants it.
- ŭ nâng àiⁿ;
- some one wants it.
- sĭ tī cêk nâng?
- Which person is it?
- nâng tàⁿ;
- people say.
- kìu nâng kâi sèⁿ-mīaⁿ;
- saves people's lives.
nap
- 軟nap3051594
- Mellow; plastic; yielding.
- nêk nap, hó̤ căi;
- its meat is tender and juicy, and is delicious.
- thô̤ khah nap m̄ hó̤ cîah;
- over-ripe peaches are not fit to eat.
- thô nap-nap, o̤h kîaⁿ;
- the soil is soft, and difficult to walk over.
- nĕ ńng-nap ńng-nap;
- very plastic, springy, or pliable.
- màiⁿ thóiⁿ i cò̤ ńng-nap, hó̤ cîah;
- don't think it is ripe and toothsome; don't think he is to be easily taken in.
- 納nâp6111204
- To receive; to take; to enter into possession of.
- tàⁿ khṳ̀, nâp a m̄ nâp?
- Was what he said well received?
- tàⁿ kàu i hí nâp;
- talked about it till he willingly accepted the proposition.
- i tó̤ ciap-nâp nâng-kheh;
- she is receiving visitors.
- ciap-nâp thŵn tŏ̤-lí kâi nâng;
- welcomes those who preach the doctrine.
- cìeⁿ-sî jîeh nâp hok?
- What good fortune have you met with lately?
- nâp kâi chiap;
- take a concubine.
- chìe nâp;
- receive with joy.
- nâp būn tŏ̤ ke;
- has domestic sorrow.
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