Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ne

by Adele Marion Fielde

ne

• 冷né506155
• Chill; cool; lonesome; dull.

né lô̤h;

lonely.

né-né lô̤h-lô̤h;

comfortless.

né-taⁿ;

solitary.

thóiⁿ tîeh né-né tăⁿ-tăⁿ;

looks very solitary and lonesome.

né chìe;

smile coldly.

phah lô̤h né keng;

sent to the palace for discarded concubines.

né ngán thóiⁿ i;

looks coldly on him.

bô̤ né bô̤ jûah;

neither duller nor livelier, but always just so.

ŭ né ŭ jûah;

sometimes dull, and sometimes bustling.

hâng né;

dull, as business.

phah né úa kâi sim-tn̂g;

chills my affections.

nâng-chêng né lẃn;

his feelings are very changeable.

• 幌nê2525010
• A curtain.

nê-sùaⁿ; tōa nê-sùaⁿ;

an umbrella having an embroidered valance depending from its edges.

• 晾nê572728
• To hang, as clothes on a line.

nê saⁿ-khò;

hang up clothes to dry.

nê khṳt i phâk;

hang it out to sun.

khò mó̤ nê-pàng nâng kùe lō kò̤;

do not hang the trowsers where they will be seen by passers by.

• 呢nĕ630305
• A particle intensifying the meaning of the following adjective.

nĕ tōa-tōa;

very large indeed.

nĕ kng-kng;

very bright.

nĕ àm-àm;

very dark indeed.

• 呢nē630305
• An interrogative particle, implying doubt; an affirmative particle.

tī-tîang kio lṳ́ tàⁿ nē?

Who told you that?

i ŭ sĭm-mih pēⁿ nē?

What is his disease?

i cò̤-nî m̄ cîah nē?

What is the reason he does not eat?

cí kâi tŏ̤-lí cò̤-nî káng-kìu nē?

How is this doctrine explained?

cò̤ hàu hó̤-hó̤ nē;

do it very nicely now.

sueh kaù mêng-pêh mêng-pêh nē, khṳt i thiaⁿ;

explain it very fully now, and let him hear you.

kîaⁿ méⁿ-méⁿ nē;

go along very fast now.

• 然nē285868
• An adverbial particle, implying certainty;

it adds force to the sense by making a pause at a word.

i huang-huang ciang-ciang nē cū lâi;

he came in a great hurry.

i hîong-hîong nē àiⁿ khṳ̀ tī-kò̤?

Where is he going so boldly?

thóiⁿ tîeh khìu-khìu nē;

appears much debilitated.

tàⁿ tîeh, i but-but nē;

in speaking of it, he smiled.

khò-khò nē;

very sad about it.