Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/hoiⁿ

by Adele Marion Fielde

hóiⁿ

• 蜆hóiⁿ2001427
• A small smooth bivalve; a mussel.

hóiⁿ nêk;

the flesh of a mussel.

hó̤iⁿ khak;

mussel shells.

kîam hóiⁿ;

salt mussels.

lâm kîam hóiⁿ;

dash water on salt mussels to freshen them.

• 掩hŏiⁿ1088648
• To close by swinging.

mn̂g hăm a-hŏiⁿ;

set the door ajar.

hŏiⁿ mn̂g;

swing the door to.

mn̂g màiⁿ hŏiⁿ tah;

do not close the door with a bang.

hŏiⁿ cêk phìⁿ cū hó̤;

to close one fold of the double door is enough.

hŏiⁿ chûn cêk cūe phāng;

shut it so as to leave a crack.

• 莧hōiⁿ2021407
• Edible sorts of coarse greens; spinach.

hōiⁿ-chài;

spinach.

âng hōiⁿ-chài;

pig-weed.

bé-khi hōiⁿ;

purslane.

chì hōiⁿ;

prickly spinach.

thǹg cho̤h hōiⁿ-chài lâi cîah;

boil some spinach to eat.