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Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.

pôiⁿ;

the river divides into two branches.
kîaⁿ kàu cí kò̤ pun cò̤ ku-ā tîo lō;
at this point the road divides into several branches.
thàng cîⁿ pêⁿ pun;
divide the earnings equally.
pun sùaⁿ; pun khui;
to separate.
kîaⁿ kàu pùaⁿ lō cū pun lō;
half way there the road divides.
  • pun6691455
  • A sign of the passive voice, showing that what follows was suffered or done.
i pun nâng khi-hŭ;
he was imposed upon by people.
nín sĭ àiⁿ pun nâng o̤-ló̤ a sĭ àiⁿ pun nâng mēⁿ?
Do you want people to praise you or to blame you?
pun kuaⁿ-hú lîah khṳ̀;
seized by the magistrate.
pun i cŭang tîeh;
suffered from the force of the collison.
pun i nâk tîeh;
was clutched by him.
  • pun3931206
  • To give to; to supply; to afford opportunity.
cí kĭaⁿ mûeh khîeh khṳ̀ pun i;
take this and give it to him.
bô̤ mûeh hó̤ pun i;
I have nothing to give him.
koiⁿ chù pun i tīn;
gave him a house to live in.
cho̤h châng pun i sĭu co;
allowed him to receive the rent of a piece of ground.
cài kiah ke nŏ̤ koiⁿ phò pun i, i àiⁿ i buah ke koiⁿ pun i;
after he had set aside two more shops for her, she wanted him to set apart another one for her.
lṳ́ pun úa thóiⁿ;
let me see it.
i ā-sĭ keh sek cū màiⁿ pun i cîah;
if he is disobedient, do not give him anything to eat.
kâi tī-tîang pun lṳ́ kâi?
Who gave it to you?
  • pún655751
  • Native; proper; appropriate to; one's own.
bûang pún;
to forget one's parents.
pún lâi úa m̆ khṳ̀;
I should not have gone of myself.
pún-tī nâng;
natives.
hó̤ pún-sṳ̄;
capable; clever.
i kâi pún-nía tōa căi;
he has great abilities.
a-pún;
a clerk or secretary in a yamun.
  • pùn13211911
  • Ordure; filth; muck; dung; manure.
cêk bó châng ēng lô̤h jîeh cōi pûi-pùn?
How much fertilizing matter must be put on one acre of ground?
put tīo tŏ-pùn;
clear away the rubbish.
pùn-mn̂g;
the anus.
pùn-ki;
a dust hod.
pùn tî;
a dust hole.
èng pùn;
to put on liquid manure.
  • pûn101304
  • To blow with the mouth.
pûn hō̤ tâng;
sound a signal horn.
pûn hûeⁿ têk;
play on a flute.
pûn ti-tâ;
play on a pipe.
pûn pi;
blow a pipe.
pûn pu;
blow a trumpet.
pûn ki-kû;
blow on a whistle.
pûn hăⁿ-haⁿ;
make a low hoarse
sound on a wind instrument.
pûn phak tī hóⁿ;
blow, and make a sound like the roaring of a crouched tiger.
pûn kùe teng;
blow out the lamp.
pûn chìn cē;
cool by blowing.
pûn huang;
blow upon.
  • pûn6463013
  • To expel the breath forcibly; to puff; to spurt.
pûn cúi;
spurt water out of the mouth.
mâk eng tîeh, úa kio lṳ́ cē pûn cū hó̤;
if you have dust in your eye, I will blow it out for you.
in to sĭ pûn chut lâi;
it keeps puffing out smoke.
hueh tît pûn;
the blood spurts straight out.
  • pŭn6551185
  • Rude, doltish, dull.
cho-pŭn;
coarse and awkword; ungainly.
i kâi nâng seⁿ lâi cho-pŭn, i kâi cò̤-sṳ̄ īa cū cho-pŭn;
he is himself uncouth, and his conduct also is boorish.
mûeh-kĭaⁿ cò̤ chut lâi thóiⁿ tîeh īa cho-pŭn, to̤ m̄ ìuⁿ-sìu;
the things that he makes have all a rough and rude look and are never delicate and elegant.

put

  • put71713
  • An adverb of negation.
put khó̤;
not feasible; unfitting.
put lêng;
unable.
put pĭen;
inconvenient.
put sìo;
disobedient.
put pit;
uncertain.
put mêng put pêh;
not lucid.
put ciet, put lî;
neither instantly nor remotely.
bô̤ só̤ put lí;
there is nothing that is not under his control.
bô̤ nâng káⁿ tàⁿ kâi put jī;
nobody dared disagree with him.
it put cò̤, jī put hiuⁿ;
well, I'm in for it and I'll now go through with it.
put sam put sṳ̀;
neither the one thing nor the other.
i lâi sĭu put sĭ;
he has come to make acknowledgment of an error.
put jît cū kàu;
he will be here erelong.
put jû màiⁿ khṳ̀;
it would be better not to go.
put ieh, jṳ̂ tâng;
without a promise it would be the same.
khṳ̀ kàu, i put ciu, put chái;
on our arrival, he took no notice of us.
put tŏng put khien;
appears out of his element; looks as if it were done by one unaccustomed to the thing; unsystematic and incomplete.
put jîen;
on the contrary.
hûa-hùi cîⁿ-ngṳ̂n put cíe;
spent no small amount of money.
i tó lăi put tău-háu;
he is ill at ease.
  • put3316411
  • To lift with both hands.
saⁿ kṳ put phû cìaⁿ bŏi tâh tîeh;
lift your dress and then you won't step on it.
khò put phû cìaⁿ bŏi mûeh tâm;
hold up your trowsers and then they will not get wet.
kûn put phû cìaⁿ bŏi kûe tîeh kha;
raise your skirt, then it will not get in the way of your feet.