Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/aⁿ
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- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.