Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/aⁿ

by Adele Marion Fielde

aⁿ

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• To cover; to hide from view; to screen.

aⁿ mâk;

to hoodwink.

aⁿ mâk cáu tìam;

"hide and seek."

aⁿ mâk, phìen phīⁿ;

to throw dust in one's eyes; to thoroughly deceive.

aⁿ nâng kâi chùi, aⁿ căi tit mi?

How can people's mouths be stopped?

aⁿ mīn;

hide the face.

aⁿ hĭⁿ;

cover the ears with the hands.

aⁿ phīⁿ;

hold the nose.

kúi aⁿ mâk;

preternaturally blind.

aⁿ m̄ cŭ;

not effectually closed.

chit phìⁿ aⁿ m̄ cŭ;

all the doors are not simultaneously shut.

aⁿ mi-mi, bô̤ nâng cai;

concealed from every body's cognizance, aⁿ m̄ lī; irrepressible.

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• To hold in the arms or lap; to snuggle.

àⁿ a-nôⁿ;

snuggle a baby.

àⁿ i tó̤ ût;

rock him to sleep.

tîeh àⁿ i, cìaⁿ ŏi ût;

you must snuggle him then he will sleep.

àⁿ hó̤-hó̤, màiⁿ kiaⁿ tîeh i;

hold him nicely, and do not startle him.

àⁿ tŏ̤ sin piⁿ;

hugged close.

àⁿ kàu sie-sie;

cuddled up warm.

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• To sit on eggs, to incubate; to hover over; to lie perdue.

koi-bó̤ àⁿ koi-kíaⁿ;

the hen covers the chickens.

àⁿ tŏ̤ i sît ĕ;

covered under her wings.

koi-bó̤ tó̤ àⁿ n̆ng;

the hen is sitting.

ēng àⁿ jîeh kú cìaⁿ ŏi chut koi-kíaⁿ?

How long must she sit in order to hatch out the chickens?

n̆ng khah cōi, ŏi àⁿ m̄ câu a bŏi?

If there be too many eggs, won't they fail to be uniformly warmed by her sitting on them?

khîeh kâi ah-n̆ng khṳt i àⁿ;

get a duck's egg and put it under her.

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• To exhort to peace; to separate those who are fighting; to part combatants.

īa m̄ sĭ i lâi âⁿ, tîeh khṳt i phah sí khṳ̀;

if he had not come and separated us, I should have been beaten to death by him.

i lâi âⁿ i khui;

he came and separated them.

bô̤ nâng khéng khṳ̀ âⁿ i;

no one would go and interfere in the fray.

i kìe-sĭ i âⁿ phiⁿ, kŭa khṳ̀ âⁿ kâi nâng to khṳt i phah;

he complains that he evinced partiality in his interference, taking hold of one in such a way as to let the other beat him.

âⁿ m̄ chái;

paid no heed to the attempt to make them stop fighting.

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• A bruise; a swelling caused by a blow or knock which does not break the skin.

céng kâi ăⁿ khí lâi; phû kâi ăⁿ;

a swelling arose.

pûah kàu kâi ăⁿ;

fell and bumped it so that it swelled up.

cŭang kàu kâi ăⁿ;

bumped it and caused it to swell.

cí kâi ăⁿ sĭ khṳt nâng phah tîeh a sĭ cŭang tîeh?

Is this swelling caused by a blow or by a bump?

kâi ăⁿ, o-cheⁿ kek hueh;

a black and blue swelling.

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• The fruit or meat filling in pastry; the core of cakes or dumplings.

tîam āⁿ;

sweet pies.

kîam āⁿ;

cakes filled with hashed meat and vegetables.

pau āⁿ kai píaⁿ;

cakes having a stuffing of fruit, etc.

tāu-sa ⁿāⁿ;

a core of mashed beans.

sò̤-tāu āⁿ;

a core made of bean flour.

cût-bí āⁿ;

a core of glutinous rice.

tṳ-nêk āⁿ;

a core of hashed pork.

lêk-tāu āⁿ;

a core of green peas.

kúe āⁿ; píaⁿ āⁿ;

the stuffing in cakes.

hṳ́ tói pau āⁿ;

there is stuffing enclosed in it.

bô̤ āⁿ kâi pau, kìe-cò̤ sît-sim pau;

dumplings that have no stuffing are called solid dumplings.

āⁿ pau khah pá;

there is too much stuffing in the dumpling.

āⁿ bōi pá;

there is too little stuffing.

phûe khah pô̤h, i kâi āⁿ cū kiuh chut lâi;

if the paste is too thin the filling will burst out.