Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ng

by Adele Marion Fielde

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• Grain in the blade; shoots; young plants, especially young rice.

cìm ng céng;

soak paddy to use as seed.

pò ng;

set out the young rice plants.

máng ng;

pull up the young grain for transplanting.

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• A sleeve.

cí kâi saⁿ-ńg khah ôih;

the sleeves of this garment are too small.

ńg-kháu;

cuffs.

cah chíu-ńg;

roll up the sleeves.

chíu chah tŏ̤ chíu-ńg tói;

sleeved his hands.

khuah ńg saⁿ;

a wide sleeved tunic.

ka tīo chíu-ńg cò̤ kah-kíaⁿ;

cut off the sleeves and make it into a sleeveless jacket.

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• To rely upon for support.

bô̤ nâng hó̤ ǹg;

no one to depend upon for support.

àiⁿ ǹg tī-tîang?

On whom shall I depend?

ǹg tîeh i cū gō sṳ̄;

if we depend on him the thing will fall through.

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• A column of letters.

cêk pôiⁿ sìo thóiⁿ ŭ jîeh cōi n̂g;

count and see how many columns there are on a page.

cêk n̂g cêk n̂g sía kàu twn-twn khái-khái;

the columns are written very exactly and evenly.

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• Yellow; the color of earth.

mīn n̂g-n̂g;

very sallow.

n̂g sò;

thin and pale.

cheⁿ n̂g pêh sàng;

cadaverous.

n̂g-pûh n̂g-pûh;

sickly looking.

n̂g-sua-pēⁿ;

jaundice.

mâk-ciu n̂g-n̂g;

eyeballs yellow.

m̄ kàu n̂g-hô̤ sim m̄ sí;

not of a mind to die before having been to the Yellow River.

n̂g-hun kâi sî-hāu;

at eventide.

gû-n̂g;

cow bezoar.

tōa-n̂g;

rhubarb.

síeⁿ n̂g bé-kùa;

reward him by the presentation of a yellow riding-jacket.

é nâng cîah tîeh n̂g-ngîm;

a dumb man taking a bitter tonic.

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• The citron.

hût chíu hieⁿ-n̂g;

the citron called Buddha's fingers.

hieⁿ-n̂g chīu;

the citron tree.

hieⁿ-n̂g cheh;

sliced citron preserved in sugar.

kîam hieⁿ-n̂g;

pickled citron.

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• An exclamation, expressing dissent.

n̆g, hía i cò̤-nî cìeⁿ-seⁿ kio úa tàⁿ?

Ah, then why did he tell me that?

n̆g, bô̤ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

indeed, that is not so.

n̆g, hṳ́ tói pit ŭ pât ŵn-kù;

nay, there is surely some other cause for it.