Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/buah
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buah
- buah hún;
- lay on a white cosmetic.
- buah in-nî;
- to put on rouge.
- buah îeh;
- to rub with a medicine.
- buah îeh-ko̤;
- smear with ointment.
- buah pit;
- to smear the pen in the ink.
- cang îu buah thâu-mô̤ⁿ;
- to put oil on the hair.
- buah îu;
- annoint.
- buah khui;
- to wipe away.
- chíu buah m̄ khui, khîa ki to̤ lûi kĭo;
- if you cannot wipe it off with you hand, get a knife and scrape it off.
- buah tīo;
- to erase by wiping; to blot out.
- buah cò̤ kúi kò̤ eng;
- apportion for use in several places.
- hun-buah tīaⁿ-tîeh lío;
- already apportioned.
- cêk kò̤ àiⁿ buah jîeh cōi nâng khṳ̀?
- How many persons are to be sent to each place?
- buah ŭ jîeh cōi piaⁿ lâi?
- How many soldiers are detached for this?
- buah cí nâng khṳ̀ hṳ́ kò̤;
- appoint this man to go there.
- buah tŏ̤ cêk pôiⁿ;
- set on one side.
- hun-buah m̄ khui;
- could not distribute according to the plan fixed upon.
- buah kang lâi;
- come in at an interlude in the work.
- buah phāng lâi;
- come when there is an interval of leisure.
- îeh bûah;
- medicinal powders.
- ngói bûah;
- bray into powder.
- àiⁿ ngói cò̤ sòi bûah tîeh ngói ìuⁿ-ìuⁿ;
- if you wish to make fine powder, you must pulverize it till it is very small.
- ngói bûah lío, kap cò̤ îeh-îⁿ;
- when you have brayed it into a fine powder, then work it up into pills.
- buah îeh-bûah;
- apply a medicinal powder.
- i tó̤ phah bûah;
- he is sounding the cymbals.