Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/au

by Adele Marion Fielde

au

• 凹au623174
• Hollowed out; concave.

au-au nē;

concave.

cí kâi īⁿ bô̤ hìeⁿ au;

this inkstone is not worn down much.

cí kâi úaⁿ ío chim-au;

this bowl is deeper.

taⁿ kâi tê-tĭen cò̤ khṳ̀ ío chim-au;

modern saucers are made deeper.

mâk chim-au;

hollow-eyed.

• 甌au6259811
• A bowl, or deep cup.

au, úaⁿ, pûaⁿ, tîh;

all sorts of dishes.

tê-au;

a tea cup.

kài-au;

a covered cup.

khám-au;

a covered bowl.

lûi-au;

a triturating bowl.

châ au;

a wooden bowl.

pùaⁿ au;

half a bowlful.

thìo kùe kau, cîah saⁿ au;

much eating to little exercise.

• 漚au6268511
• To soften by long soaking; to macerate.

khîeh khṳ̀ tî tèng au;

take it and soak it in the pool.

au kàu chàu;

it has soaked so long that it smells badly.

tò̤ lô̤h pùn-tî khṳ̀ au;

pour it into the cesspool and let it rot.

au kàu thúe-thúe;

kept in soak till it is friable.

• 毆au6267911
• To cudgel; to maul.

khṳt i khîa ki thûi au kàu lok-lok;

suffered him to take a club and beat him to a jelly.

au cîh i kâi kha kut;

broke his leg by mauling him.

khîa ki tek-ko au i;

took a bamboo and cudgeled him.

• 毆áu6267911
• To fight with sticks or fists.

áu-phah;

to maul.

áu sieⁿ;

to wound by beating.

áu jôk;

to disgrace by a blow.

• 拗áu1077645
• To press at the arm of a lever; to twist; to wrest; to lift obliquely; self-willed.

cip-áu;

obstinate.

áu-mân;

perverse.

áu-hûeⁿ;

warped, twisted, prejudiced.

áu-cih-khut;

crumpled up.

áu lí;

pervert doctrine.

áu tńg thâu;

turn it over endwise.

áu hṳ̂;

to catch fish with a lifting net.

áu cang;

to lift a fishing net.

áu mûeh-kĭaⁿ;

to carry things at one end of a pole over the shoulder.

tăng thâu áu;

to press at the short arm of a lever.

cang chíu áu khi lâi koiⁿ-thâu;

lift it up on the shoulder with the hands.

áu m̄ tńg;

he does not articulate it clearly.

sang áu sang cûah cĭu hoh cōi;

two different losses on the same article makes a considerable deficiency in the end.

i kâi ūe tàⁿ lâi áu-áu, sĭ tŏa cîh a m̄ sĭ?

He speaks incoherently, he is tongue-tied is he not?

• 嘔áu6263011
• To raise from the stomach.

áu-thò;

to puke.

áu-ueh;

to retch and vomit.

áu hueh;

bleed at the lungs.

áu sng;

raise sour mucus from the stomach.

áu nŭaⁿ-cúi;

raise mucus from the stomach.

àiⁿ áu, áu m̄ chut;

wanted to throw it up but could not.

cē thóiⁿ cū áu-ueh;

gagged at the sight of it.

áu sim-hueh kâi cîⁿ;

money gained at the expense of health.

• 漚àu6268511
• To rot or soften from dampness.

àu kàu chàu;

so rotten that it stinks.

m̄ cai phâk cū àu tīo;

if you do not dry them in the sun, they will spoil from dampness.

àu kàu nĕ hu-hu;

decayed to powder.

• 懊àu6256113
• Vexed, angry, cross.

àu-cè;

nettled.

i cē àu-cè cū m̄ khṳ̀;

if he once gets out of patience, he won't go.

àu-sèⁿ;

grouty.

àu-sèⁿ, cò̤ cē màiⁿ;

he is irritated, and will have nothing to do with it.

àu khì;

out of temper.

cêk tó àu-khì;

thoroughly vexed.

àu-cè kàu kâi mīn àu-àu;

so vexed that she looks cross.

àu-chàu;

quick-tempered; out of temper; to fly into a passion.

àu-cè cū kio i léng tīo;

being in a passion he pushed it away.

i àu-cè kàu m̄ cîah;

he is so out of temper that he will not eat.

àu-cè kàu kìe m̄ ìn;

he is so out of temper that he will not answer when he is called.

i kâi nâng sèⁿ-chêng àu-àu-chàu-chàu;

he has a very violent temper.

• 奧àu6253710
• Obscure, mysterious.

chim àu;

hard to understand; profound.

àu bīo; àu mĭo;

mysterious.

• 喉âu174809
• The passages of the throat.

âu-lêng;

the throat.

ngĕ âu;

the windpipe.

ńng âu;

the gullet.

âu-lêng gṳ̆;

"Adam's apple."

âu-lêng lih;

the palate.

âu-lêng kńg;

the tonsils.

âu taⁿ;

thirsty.

âu thìaⁿ;

sore throat.

seⁿ âu gô̤;

have quinsy.

mi âu, céng tó;

ulcerated throat and swollen belly.

tiam âu;

quench thirst.

khîeh kò̤ lâi tiam âu;

take a bit to quench thirst.

thâk tîeh âu-lêng-kńg ngĕ;

tonsils stiffened by reading.

âu im;

the intonation.

i kâi âu khuah căi;

he has a wide gullet.

lṳ́ màiⁿ tó̤ âu ôih;

do not mince.

cheh âu;

to choke, to stop up the throat.

hṳ̂-kut khéⁿ tîeh âu-lêng;

a fish bone stuck in his throat.

thóiⁿ tîeh tó̤ jío âu;

seeing it makes his mouth water.

jíang phùa âu-lêng;

screaming to split his throat.

jíang kàu âu bô̤ siaⁿ;

screamed till he was hoarse.

peh âu peh cîh;

telling lies.

peh lṳ́ kâi âu;

you tell lies.

lṳ́ mài tó̤ peh âu;

don't lie.

âu soi;

throat husky.

bô̤ âu tói siaⁿ;

can not speak aloud.

bô̤ âu tói;

no strength of lung.

hó̤ âu tói;

a resonant voice.

līu âu;

to throttle.

kúi līu âu;

an imp throttles him.

kṳ̀ âu;

cut the throat.

hía, kṳ̀ âu lío!

Really, I've cut my own throat!

thâm sak tîeh âu-lêng;

his throat is stopped up by phlegm.

gû âu;

a flask, made from the gullet of an ox.

âu bŏi thong khì;

cannot breathe.

khui tōa âu;

speak in a big base voice.

síe âu;

a piping voice.

• 後ău175606
• After; behind; subsequent; in the rear.

soiⁿ ău;

previously and subsequently.

côiⁿ ău;

before and behind.

ău mīn; ău thâu; ău kha;

in the rear.

m̄ soiⁿ m̄ ău;

neither sooner nor later.

lṳ́ soiⁿ khṳ̀, ău úa lâi;

you go first and afterward I will come.

ău jît;

hereafter; day after to-morrow.

ău nî;

in after years; year after next.

ău kâi gûeh;

month after next.

ău sì;

after ages.

íⁿ ău; ău lâi;

afterwards.

ău ang, ău bó;

a second husband or wife.

ău pă, ău âi;

a step-father or step-mother.

thiⁿ cīeⁿ pak huang, tī ĕ ău bó̤;

in the heavens there are north winds and on earth there are step-mothers.

ău cō̤; ău lô̤h;

rear buildings.

ău tōiⁿ; ău keng;

the inner temple.

ău tūi;

the rear company.

tĭen ău;

the rear guard.

hŏ ău;

after the shower.

cíu ău;

after their wine bibbing.

ău cím; ău táu; ău náu;

the back of the neck.

ah ău;

the rear body of the escort.

coih ău;

after the festival.

coih ău saⁿ jît;

three days after the holidays.

chù ău pôiⁿ;

behind the house.

jû ló ău pĕ;

hatred like that toward a step-father.

tùe i ka-ciah ău;

followed on behind him.

tùe tŏ̤ hṳ́ ău;

follows on behind.

ău mn̂g;

the back door.

ău lâu;

the back rooms up stairs.

jîen-ău;

thereafter.

soiⁿ thiⁿ, ău thiⁿ;

ante-natal and post-natal influences.

soiⁿ thiⁿ lŭn thói, ău thiⁿ lŭn ēng;

the inherited tendencies affect the body, their subsequent development is determined by the habits.

cí ău-ău chūa kâi;

the very last one that he married.

búe ău;

the hindmost.

kío-búe-ău seⁿ kâi;

the one last given birth to.

kío-búe-ău seⁿ cí kâi;

at last gave birth to this.

sûi ău cū kàu;

arrived immediately afterward.

ău-sìaⁿ, ău-hîen;

modern sages.

ău hâk;

modern scholars.

kha-ău-teⁿ;

the heel of the foot.

ău teⁿ;

the heel (of a shoe).

ău phè;

the cloth heel of a bound footed woman's shoe.

ău táu; ău táu búe;

the lower part of a woman's coiffure.

phah ău thàng;

a back door pilferer.

cai kù côiⁿ, bô̤ kù ău;

regards what is in front, but not what is behind.

thàng kàu hṳ́ ău-ău;

pierced quite through and through.

pau tùi i hṳ́ ău;

head off and inclose him.

ău lîo chîeⁿ;

the wall enclosing the back yard.

côiⁿ suaⁿ būe kûiⁿ, ău suaⁿ jú-kèng kûiⁿ;

things get worse the farther you go.

i úa tī-tîang cò̤ ău piah suaⁿ?

Whom does he rely upon to back him up?

ēng kàu kŭa ău sì kâi cîⁿ to ēng khṳ̀;

spending money that it will take him several lifetimes to earn.

seⁿ côiⁿ, sí ău;

during life and after death.

ău tō̤;

future generations.

ău-ĭ;

posterity.

tŏ̤ nâng côiⁿ, bŏi tŏ̤ nâng ău;

he surpasses others, and is behind nobody.

hṳ́-kâi jîen-ău lâi;

that one came next.

cí-kâi thâu-soiⁿ lâi, cí-kâi jîen-ău lâi, cí-kâi kío-búe lâi;

this one came first, this next, and this last.

kùe-ău sṳ kun-cṳ́;

the departed are thought to be gentlest.

hŵn ŭ cêk kâi bé ău phàn;

there is still a weapon in reserve.

ō-phû khà káu, tōa kûeh tŏ̤ ău;

when some gourd is thrown at a dog, the biggest piece comes last.

côiⁿ-côiⁿ ău-ău, m̄ pat thóiⁿ kìⁿ!

I never saw anything like it!

ke ău;

a wife and a wife's relatives.

ău pêⁿ;

the chorus in a theatre.

ău pêⁿ cah khṳ̀ hó̤;

the chorus was well inserted: the helpmeet performs her part well.

i àm-cĕⁿ bîe tùi i ău lō kò̤ khṳ̀;

he kept himself hidden, and followed along behind them.

cò̤ kheh, màiⁿ lô̤h ău;

when you are an invited guest, be not the last to come.

khĭa tŏ̤ ău cē, màiⁿ khah cìn-côiⁿ;

remain in the back ground, and do not thrust youself forward.

ka-chng ău;

behind his back.

hĭⁿ ău;

behind his ear.

pùe ău;

back of it.

suaⁿ côiⁿ, suaⁿ ău, thong-sin cèng chīu-bâk;

the front and back of the mountain were all planted with shrubbery.

khĭa kau-íⁿ ău kâi nâng;

the man standing behind a chair.

úa hàm i tîeh ṳ̆ ău sṳ̄;

I told him he must prepare for the consequences.

táng kàu chiu ău lîang cē cìaⁿ lâi;

wait till the cool weather after autumn and then come.

cí kâi nâng bô̤ ău;

this person had no descendants.

hiaⁿ soiⁿ, tĭ ău;

the elder brother takes precedence of the younger.

kío búe ău;

the very hindmost.

cîah pn̄g ău būe hó̤ cū ût;

it is not well to go to bed at once after eating.

kúaⁿ ău, ŭ sĭm-mih kak kêk?

And after all, what will be the upshot?

thò̤ ău;

receded from his position.

ău hăn;

next time.