Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ah
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ah
- ah nîe;
- to convoy the grain belonging to government.
- ah cāi;
- guard a cargo.
- ah hùe-mûeh;
- to convoy goods.
- ah hŭam-jîn;
- act as escort to a criminal.
- ah-kòi;
- to escort.
- kam-ah i khṳ̀ cò̤;
- compel him to go and do it.
- ah i tŏ̤ che-kẃn;
- watch him while detained in the lockup.
- kẃn-ah i m̄ cŭ;
- cannot keep him in custody.
- ah-bó̤;
- a duck.
- ah-hêng;
- a drake.
- ah-kíaⁿ;
- a duckling.
- ah-n̆ng;
- ducks' eggs.
- chī ah;
- to rear ducks, jīo ah; tend ducks.
- ún ah-kíaⁿ;
- to hatch ducks' eggs artificially.
- cúi ah;
- wild ducks.
- sie ah;
- roast duck.
- ah khûn;
- flocks of ducks.
- kîam ah-n̆ng;
- salt ducks' eggs.
- cíⁿ ah;
- a young duck.
- lău ah-bó̤;
- an old duck.
- ah-pó;
- dried ducks.
- ah ûang;
- the mandarin duck.
- hwn ah;
- the muscovy duck.
- chài ah;
- the common duck.
- pùaⁿ chài hwn ah;
- a half-breed.
- ah bĭ;
- a toy duck.
- pêh tŭn ah;
- a sodden duck.
- sîeⁿ sien ah;
- a whole boiled duck.
- ah cíeⁿ;
- a conserve made of the flesh of ducks' feet.
- kîam ah kṳ̆n;
- salt duck gizzards.
- ah ăm;
- a certain sort of confectionery.
- ló ah;
- pickled duck.
- khàm ah;
- minced duck.
- ah-bun-sún;
- a duck stew.
- ah keⁿ;
- a pottage made of meats and vegetables.
- hō̤ pau ah;
- a duck filled with stuffing.
- ah tôi;
- a duck's foot.
- ah tôi kha;
- splay-footed.
- ah-cîh;
- a duck's bill.
- ngṳ̂n ah-cîh;
- a silver clasp shaped like a duck's bill.
- ah-cîh ăm-nía;
- a long collar with tabs.
- ah-cîh chieⁿ;
- a bayonet.
- ah-cîh cháu;
- a weed with leaves shaped like a duck's bill.
- ah sái lêk;
- a dark mottled green.
- ah mô̤ⁿ sìⁿ;
- a ducks' feather fan.
- ah-kíaⁿ thiaⁿ lûi;
- a duckling listening to thunder; one who hears what he cannot understand.
- jû kúaⁿ ah cêk puaⁿ;
- like driven ducks.
- ah-kíaⁿ chut sì bô̤ pĕ-bô̤;
- ducklings are born orphans.
- ah-bó̤ seⁿ cin-cu;
- the duck that lays pearls.
- ah-kuaⁿ thâh pûaⁿ-thâu;
- the duck's liver is put on the top of the dish.
- gô̤ kîaⁿ, ah pō;
- waddles like a duck.
- lêh pêh ah;
- to slay a dead duck; i.e. to kill a man for the sake of imputing his murder to another.
- lîah khṳ̀ théng ah-pó;
- to crucify, the allusion being to the manner of stretching ducks upon splints in drying them.
- koi heng ah ka-ciah, mín thàn cĭu ŭ cîah;
- one with a breast like a hen's and a back like a duck's, has food without earning it.
- ah-n̆ng pū kú ŏi ih chùi;
- a long covered duck's egg will hatch out.
- cúi ah ŏi cíoⁿ keⁿ;
- the wild ducks station a sentinel.
- ah chùi àⁿ cò̤ îⁿ, koi chùi àⁿ cò̤ píⁿ;
- make it appear by argument that a duck's bill is round and a hen's bill is flat.
- ah ku;
- a stunted duck; a runt.
- ah-kíaⁿ thiu huang;
- the duckling has the pip.