Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/maiⁿ

by Adele Marion Fielde

maiⁿ

• 勿màiⁿ1065202
• An adverb of negation.

àiⁿ thóiⁿ hó̤ thóiⁿ, màiⁿ thăng;

look at it if you want to, but do not touch it.

màiⁿ khṳ̀ tiaⁿ tîeh i;

do not give it the slightest touch.

màiⁿ tàⁿ kèng hó̤;

it is better to say nothing about it.

màiⁿ mûeh nap-sap;

do not soil it.

màiⁿ cak i;

don’t disturb him.

• 埋mâiⁿ573327
• To bury; to secrete; to conceal; to cover over; to harbour; to lay up.

mâiⁿ-cǹg;

to inter in a grave.

mâiⁿ tŏ̤ thô tói;

bury in the ground.

mâiⁿ mîaⁿ mît sèⁿ;

to conceal one’s name.

cē kú cū mâiⁿ mût khṳ̀;

after a lapse of time, it decays in the soil in which it lies.

mâiⁿ-ẁn i;

hold a grudge against him.

mâiⁿ-hôk ŭ piaⁿ-bé, tó̤ táng i;

dispose troops in ambush to lie in wait for him.

siu-mâiⁿ ko-lô;

gather up and inter old human bones.

• 邁măiⁿ57416213
• To wax old; senile; aged.

nî măiⁿ kâi nâng;

one advanced in years.

taⁿ cē láu-măiⁿ le, to bô̤ ēng;

am now old and useless.