Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ba

by Adele Marion Fielde

bà

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• Protuberant.

bà gê; khí bà-bà;

projecting front teeth.

thâu-mīn-côiⁿ nŏ̤ kâi khí nĕ bà-bà;

two projecting incisors.

si-kue ùi bà gê;

the watermelon dreads protruding teeth.

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• The bow of a vessel.

i kâi cûn-thâu-bā cŭang tīo khṳ̀;

their bow was stove in.

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• To gallop, to prance, to run fast.

bā khí khṳ̀, bô̤ khùn-kíaⁿ cū bā lô̤h lâi;

races up and presently races down again.

hāi i kiaⁿ kàu jŭan bā;

scared him so that he ran off as fast as ever he could without considering where he went.

i thiaⁿ tîeh, méⁿ-méⁿ bā khṳ̀ chù kò̤ tàⁿ;

on hearing it he rushed off home to tell it.