Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/gua

by Adele Marion Fielde

gūa

• 外gūa1037362
• Outer; outside; external.

lăi gūa;

inner and outer.

gūa nâng;

not one of our party.

gūa kok;

foreign countries.

gūa séⁿ;

another province.

úa thiaⁿ-kíⁿ gūa-thâu nâng cíeⁿ-seⁿ tàⁿ;

I heard an outsider say so.

gūa kang nâng;

an alien.

gūa mīn;

the external surface.

lêng-gūa;

besides.

m̄ cai i lêng-gūa ŭ a bô̤;

I do not know whether he has any besides these.

lêng-gūa ŭ;

there are some besides these.

tṳ̂ chṳ́ cṳ gūa, bô̤ nâng îaⁿ i;

besides this one, there is no one who surpasses him.

tṳ̂ i cṳ gūa bô̤ nâng lâi;

besides him no one came.

cía tṳ̂ gūa ŭ jîeh cōi?

How many are there besides this one?

keh gūa ṳn-tíen;

grace above what is demanded.

kêk gūa;

neutrals.

cía sǹg-sĭ ì gūa kâi sṳ̄;

this is something that was not calculated upon.

chut gūa nâng;

those gone abroad.

i khṳ̀ chut gūa cíaⁿ tńg lâi;

he went abroad and returned.

lṳ́ tŏ̤ hṳ́ gūa lâi thiaⁿ ŭ nâng cò̤-nî tàⁿ mē?

When you were coming from there did you hear anything said?

khĭa tŏ̤ mn̂g gūa;

standing outside the door.

lăi gūa ŭ kak pîet;

there is a distinction made between those who belong to the party and those who do not.

cí kâi nâng ŭ gūa châi;

this man has superabundant means.

gūa bŭ;

outside business.

bŭ gūa;

give attention to outside matters.

gūa bŭ cîⁿ;

perquisites.

i cìeⁿ-seⁿ sĭ seⁿ gūa sṳ̄;

in that way he stirs up additional trouble.

i cìaⁿ chap tîeh gūa sṳ̄ cṳ̄ bô̤ sim bô̤ cîaⁿ cò̤;

since he has entered into other occupations he has no interest in doing this.

chut-hu cheng-lí cṳ gūa;

beyond what is reasonable.

gūa má;

maternal grandmother.

gūa ke; gūa ke-thâu;

the wife's relations.

gūa sun;

the child of a daughter or sister.

lṳ́ màiⁿ gūa-gūa nē, chin-chĭeⁿ gūa nâng hìeⁿ-seⁿ;

do not act so unconcernedly, as if you were not of us.

ūe lâi gūa ì;

drawn better than one would expect.

cí kâi pēⁿ sĭ gūa kám a sĭ lăi sieⁿ?

Does this disease arise from outward or inward causes?

pàng tŏ gūa keh a tŏ̤ lăi keh?

Did you put it in the outer or the inner compartment?

khṳ̀ kàu i gūa tîaⁿ;

went to the outer court.

chut khṳ̀ sîaⁿ gūa;

went out to the suburbs.

cêk peh cṳ gūa hŵn ŭ jîeh cōi?

How many over a hundred are there?

bōi chut gūa kò̤;

sell for exportation.

tok chut gūa kéng;

banished beyond the frontier.

gūa măuⁿ;

external appearance.

i tô̤-cáu tŏ̤ gūa;

he fled to a remote place.

gūa hng;

distant regions.

hun gūa ŏi lí sṳ̄;

can manage affairs that are beyond his domain.