Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ia

by Adele Marion Fielde

ía

• 野ía10791664
• A wilderness; a moor; savage.

khùang-ía;

a waste.

suaⁿ ía kâi nâng;

mountaineers.

ía sèⁿ būe tṳ̂;

his wild disposition is not yet tamed.

ía bī;

gamey flavor.

ía kíaⁿ;

a savage.

cí kâi nâng ía căi;

this person is very rude and fierce.

châng ía;

wild land.

lông-hu ía-jîn;

savage yeomen.

• 爺îa1079889
• Sire; noblemen; divinities; officers.

thài-îa;

your worship, the district magistrate.

lău-îa;

an officer, a nobleman, or a male divinity.

tōa îa, jī îa, sam îa;

an officer, his servant, and servant's attendant.

lău thài îa;

your honor, the prefect.

îa mn̂g;

the servants or attachés in a yamun.

kong îa;

your grace, the duke.

sṳ îa;

a private secretary.

a îa;

sire; esquire.

pài lău-îa;

worship the gods.

sāi lău-îa;

set up gods.

hĕ lău-îa;

make known to the god.

hŏng lău-îa;

make offerings to a god.

• 背ĭa6691305
• To carry on the back.

ĭa a-nôⁿ;

to carry a child pickback.

i bŏi kîaⁿ, tîeh ĭa i;

he cannot walk and must be carried pickback.

• 亦īa109384
• Also; moreover; likewsise.

cí kâi īa hó̤;

this also is good.

cìeⁿ-seⁿ īa hó̤, hìeⁿ-seⁿ īa hó̤;

either will do.

īa sĭ bô̤ năi kâi;

neither is it durable.

īa màiⁿ mn̄g i;

do not ask him either.

cí kâi īa sĭ kun-cṳ́ nâng;

he is likewise a cultured person.

īa m̄ sĭ lṳ́ lâi tàⁿ, úa cĭu m̄ khéng;

had you not come and told me, I should not have been willing.

• 撒īa7216412
• To scatter; to sow broadcast.

īa céng-cí;

to sow seed.

īa bí khṳt koi cîah;

scatter some rice for the fowls to eat.

màiⁿ īaⁿ cêk koiⁿ;

do not scatter it all about.

īa chek;

to sow paddy.