Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/huah

by Adele Marion Fielde

huah

• 呵欠huah-hì215
• To gape or yawn.

lṳ́ huah-hì sĭ mâk siap a m̄ sĭ?

You yawn because you are sleepy do you not?

i cŏ̤ lío huah-hì huah-hăi: sĭ nâng khùn-kw̆n mâk-siap, a sĭ hun-ngìen?

Having sat down he keeps yawning: is it from the sleepiness produced by fatigue, or is it because the time for him to take his opium has come?

thâu huah-hì, thâu chun-lûn;

yawning and stretching at the same time.

i tó̤ huah-hì chun-lûn, hía īeⁿ sĭ phî kâi īeⁿ;

he is yawning and stretching, as if he were tired and sleepy.

mn̂g-khí-cá huah-hì lío, ĕ-hâi ka-lâuh khṳ̀;

this morning he yawned and dislocated his jaw.

• 步hûah713773
• To stride; to step; to straddle.

ŏi hûah kùe a bŏi?

Can you stop across?

cêk hûah cêk hûah;

step by step.

kîaⁿ bô̤ kúi hûah kha cū sng;

I had walked but a few steps when my legs were tired.

i kîaⁿ lō tōa-tōa hûah;

he takes great strides.

hûah m̄ kùe;

cannot straddle across it.