Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ngam

by Adele Marion Fielde

ngam

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• Seasonably; fitly; opportune.

úa àiⁿ khṳ̀ chūe i, ngam-ngam ngŏ̤ tîeh i lâi;

I was just going in search of him when he opportunely came.

cìeⁿ-seⁿ kap lô̤h khṳ̀ ngam-ngam hó̤;

that is imprinted in just the right spot.

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• A mortise; a notch; a nock.

châk kâi ngám;

chisel out a mortise.

tio kâi ngám;

carve out a notch.

tàu tit lô̤h ngám;

the tenon goes into the mortise.

tîeh tau kau lô̤h ngam lô̤h ngam;

fit the tenon deeply into its mortise.

tú-tú kah-ngám kah-ngám;

it exactly fits into the nock.

cúa-kîⁿ tèng ka kâi ngám;

cut a notch in the edge of the paper.

pang piⁿ kṳ̀ kâi ngám;

saw a notch in the edge of the board.

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• A cliff; a precipice; a high bank; steep; dangerous.

suaⁿ ngâm hām lô̤h khṳ̀;

the high ledge has caved off.

cîeh ngâm;

a rocky cliff.

peh cĭeⁿ ngâm téng;

climb the steep bank.

cí kâi suaⁿ châm-ngâm châm-ngâm;

this hill is very precipitous.

ni-ngâm;

a cancerous or hard breast.