Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/nau
nau
[edit]- nau-sa;
- a mineral found in the salt lakes of Thibet; it is impure sal-ammoniac, with traces of sulphur.
- náu kàu m̄ cîah;
- so angry he would not eat.
- náu-khì sieⁿ kuaⁿ;
- rage injures the liver.
- náu mâk siang sì;
- eyed each other angrily.
- náu chong-chong;
- went off in a great rage.
- tăi náu;
- a towering passion.
- kâi náu kìe-sĭ cò̤-nî?
- What is it that has excited his anger?
- náu-hṳ̆n i;
- enraged at him.
- hwt náu;
- get angry.
- thâu-náu;
- the head.
- cí cho̤h nâng bô̤ thâu bô̤ náu;
- these people have no one who acts as leader among them.
- tī-tîang tŏ̤ cò̤ thâu-náu?
- Who acts as the head man?
- ău-náu;
- the back of the head.
- náu ău;
- behind the head.
- i àiⁿ kio i kâi náu-tài sńg;
- he wants him to risk his head.
- i cò̤ sṳ̄ to bô̤ kù náu-tài;
- he takes no thought for his own head, in what he is doing.
- náu nêk;
- granulations.
- khṳ̀ tīo náu nêk;
- reduce the granulations.
- i nău tîeh ie ciah kut;
- he has sprained his back.
- i kâi kha nău tîeh;
- his foot is sprained.
- ŭ nău sṳ̄;
- there is a rumpus.
- hàm i màiⁿ tó̤ nău sṳ̄;
- tell him not to make a disturbance.
- ciu-jît to sĭ nău cíu;
- carouse all day long.
- tăi nău cêk tîeⁿ;
- a great row.
- i cē khṳ̀ cū nău chut sṳ̄;
- as soon as he goes, a disturbance arises.
- ang cía châu-nău mih sṳ̄?
- What are the husband and wife wrangling about?
- líang ke sie châu-nău;
- the two are berating each other noisily.
- tăi nău hue-teng;
- a strife for precedence in a display of transparencies.
- năuhok-sek;
- strive to make the greatest display in dress.
- nău-kìa-cṳ́;
- make a great display.
- nău phài thâu;
- emulate each other in display.
- nău phî-khì;
- a quarrelsome temper.
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- A cross bow; a balista; it is sometimes made to shoot several darts, and is set as a trap for animals.
- tìeⁿ nău-cìⁿ lâi sīa hóⁿ;
- set a balista to shoot tigers.
- bw̄n nău côi hwt;
- all the cross-bows discharged at once.