Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/kuah

by Adele Marion Fielde

kuah

• 刻kuah430186
• To cut out; to chisel; to carve.

kuah ìn;

engrave a seal.

kuah cò̤ cìe-pâi;

engrave a sign board.

kuah cò̤ hue-cío;

engrave in representation of natural scenery.

kuah cò̤ nâng-kíaⁿ;

carve representations of human figures.

i ŏi kuah lám-hût;

he knows how to carve olive pits.

kuah cò̤ pêⁿ tói kĭa kîⁿ kâi;

carve a flat center and raised border.

kuah kang;

a wood-carver.

• 葛kuah4281409
• An edible creeper; relatives.

hun-kuah;

sweet potatoes.

hun-kuah hún;

pototo flour.

hun-kuah îⁿ;

pellets made from potato flour.

pû hun-kuah thng;

make potato soup.

lâk-gûeh hun-kuah sang sí;

in the sixth month the sweet potatoes are extremely mealy.

hip sêk hun-kuah;

cook potatoes in a closely covered dish with little water.

cṳ́ cho̤h hun-kuah hîeh lâi cîah;

boil some sweet potato leaves to eat.

kuah-pò;

a coarse sleazy cloth.

kio i sĭm-mih kue-kuah?

Is there any relationship between them?

hun-kuah tîn;

sweet potato vines.

hun-kuah thâu hó̤ khṳt tṳ cîah;

the parings of the potatoes may be given to the pigs.

hun-kuah phûe màiⁿ peh cêk koiⁿ;

do not scatter the potato peel all around.

hun-kuah nêk;

the fleshy part of the tuber.

• 割kuah4281810
• To cut; to gash; to divide; to deduct; to take off; to cede; to turn a debt over to a creditor.

kuah tīo;

cut off.

kuah m̄ tn̆g;

can't cut it in two.

kuah cò̤ nŏ̤ kûeh;

cut it in two.

sìo-bâk kuah cheng-chó̤;

the accounts have been settled by a transfer of bills.

kuah sìo, kuah tît lío;

to take off from one account, and transfer to another till one is settled.

i kuah tŏ̤ móng nâng kò̤ hâiⁿ úa ngŏ-câp ngṳ̂n;

he turned over to me a portion of a certain person's debt to him, and by so doing paid me fifty dollars.

i kuah cêk tîo sìo;

he turned over an account to me.

kò nâng lâi kuah tĭu;

hire people to reap grain.

nìn kâi tĭu hó̤ kuah a būe?

Is your grain ready to cut?

kuah khṳ̀ ŭ sîaⁿ a bô̤?

Did the harvest yield above the average?

kuah tîeh chíu;

have cut my hand.

phīⁿ chàu-chàu, m̄ cîaⁿ kuah tīo;

one does not cut off his nose for smelling a stink.

khṳt cúi kuah tīo;

worn away by water.

kuah-sía m̄ khui;

could not sever.

cang sùaⁿ kuah kúe;

use a thread to cut cake.

• 渴kuah430859
• Thirst; to thirst after.

âu ta so̤h kuah;

my throat is parched.

mō̤ⁿ bûe cí kuah;

looking at the plums to quench his thirst.

kháu kuah;

thirsty.

tó li khùn, âu li kuah;

both hungry and thirsty.

kói kuah;

allays thirst.

cí īeⁿ îeh ŏi cí kuah;

this medicine alleviates thirst.