Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/mauⁿ

by Adele Marion Fielde

mauⁿ

• 包mauⁿ663203
• To wrap up; to bundle up.

i ùi huang, kâi thâu-khak mauⁿ kàu miⁿ-miⁿ;

she is afraid of the wind, and has wrapped her head up closely.

• 毛mâuⁿ580820
• The covering of animals; the tare of goods.

mâuⁿ-pēⁿ; mâuⁿ-pĭn;

a flaw; a defect in an article; a failing; a queer way; an idiosyncrasy.

i kâi mâuⁿ-pēⁿ sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

that is what is the trouble in it.

kêh tîeh i kâi mâuⁿ-pĭn i cū chŵn m̆;

if you go contrary to his whim, he will have nothing to do with it.

i phêng-sî ŭ kâi mâuⁿ-pēⁿ;

he formerly had an ailment.

sin tèng ŭ sĭm-mih mâuⁿ-pēⁿ?

What is the matter with her?

chak thóiⁿ i kâi mâuⁿ-pēⁿ sĭ tŏ tī-kò̤;

examine and see where the trouble lies.

mâuⁿ jîeh cōi kṳn, cĕng jîeh cōi kṳn?

What is the weight of the case and wrappings, and what the weight of the goods themselves?

• 茅mâuⁿ5811405
• High, rank grass used for thatching houses; white striped grass; thatched; lowly.

pêh mâuⁿ kṳn;

roots of the couch-grass, used as a febrifuge.

khîu lṳ́ kio úa khui sim tèng kâi mâuⁿ sak;

beseech you to enlighten my dull understanding.

i pat khṳ̀ ô̤h mâuⁿ-suaⁿ;

he has been to learn the incantations of the Tauist priests.

• 矛mâuⁿ5871100
• A lance with a narrow head.

chîang-mâuⁿ;

a javelin.

• 貌măuⁿ5821537
• The outward mien; gait; style; manner; form; appearance; habit; the visage; like; similar.

mīn-măuⁿ seⁿ lâi căi-seⁿ-īeⁿ?

What sort of looking person is he?

sìang-măuⁿ;

general appearance.

seⁿ lâi câp-hun múiⁿ măuⁿ;

is exceedingly pretty.

hue îong, gûeh măuⁿ;

fair as a flower and beautiful as the moon.

tîeh ŭ lói-măuⁿ;

one must be courteous.

khṳ̀ kàu, i kâi lói-măuⁿ ciu-tàu căi;

on our arriving there, he received us with most complete courtesy.

seng-tòaⁿ kâi măuⁿ hó̤;

the actors are well dressed.

• 冒măuⁿ582137
• To go on rashly; to rush on heedlessly; to assume; to feign; to presume; to venture; to brave; blind to; rash; reckless.

i sĭ lâi măuⁿ mîaⁿ cò̤ móng nâng;

he assumed the name of a certain person and pretended to be he.

sĭ lâi măuⁿ jīm kâi;

he is one who came and took upon himself the duties of the post.

ké măuⁿ cò̤ kuaⁿ-hú;

feign to be an official.

i sĭ măuⁿ hŏ lâi;

he came through the rain.

măuⁿ híam;

brave danger.

ka-kī chin măuⁿ cìⁿ-cîeh;

exposed himself to the arrows and stones.

kám-măuⁿ huang hâng;

brave the wind and cold.

hàm i m̄-hó̤ khṳ̀ măuⁿ huang;

tell him he must not expose himself to the wind.

• 耄măuⁿ5821254

láu-măuⁿ;

senile; old; aged.

nî-kí láu-măuⁿ;

advanced in years.