Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ngo
ngo
[edit]- ngó kak;
- all sorts of grain.
- phōiⁿ cêk hù ngó-seⁿ khṳ̀ pài sîn;
- prepare the full comple ment of dressed animal carcasses to offer to the gods.
- cêk hù ngó-kúe tîh;
- a set of fruit dishes.
- ūe cò̤ ngó hok;
- paint the five bats in different positions.
- ngó căng lâk hú;
- all the internal organs.
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- Men arranged by fives; a file of soldiers; a squad, a company; a comrade; to associate with.
- hâng-ngó;
- rank and file; in regular files.
- pái tūi-ngó chut lâi ngêng-cih;
- paraded & company out, to meet and welcome.
- i sĭ hâng-ngó chut sin, îaⁿ ngó kâi sṳ̄ i sêk;
- he rose from the ranks, and is familiar with camp life.
- ngŏ nâng ûi ngó;
- five men form a sqaad.
- sío-lí kio i téng-ngó;
- ashamed to be in the same company with him.
- jît-thâu tng ngó;
- the sun is on the meridian; it is just noon.
- cīeⁿ ngó, ĕ ngó;
- forenoon and afternoon.
- jît íⁿ-keng kùe ngó;
- the sun has already past the zenith.
- cîah ngó pn̄g ău cū lâi;
- will come after the midday meal.
- cŏ̤ hìang sĭ cìaⁿ cṳ́-ngó;
- it sets due north and south.
- tong ngó;
- midday.
- ngó sîah;
- a midday banquet.
- ngó-sìeⁿ;
- images; idols; a statue.
- pài ngó-sìeⁿ;
- worship idols.
- ngó-ngŏ̤ sĭeⁿ tîeh;
- happened to think of it.
- cía sĭ ngó-jîen kâi sṳ̄;
- this is a matter of course.
- ngó-jṳ́ thóiⁿ-kìⁿ;
- chanced to see it.
- i tŏ̤ sìo nî cū sit ngó;
- he lost his mate in early life.
- ngó-ngêk;
- headstrong ; stiff in holding to one’s opinions, especially against superiors.
- ngó tîeh i kâi ì;
- go against his wishes.
- hàu-sŭn hŵn seⁿ hàu-sŭn kíaⁿ, ngó-ngêk hŵn seⁿ ngŏ-ngêk jî;
- the filial have filial children, the froward have froward sons.
- ngŏ hún;
- arrowroot.
- ngó-cak;
- roots of the water-lily.
- tŏiⁿ ngŏ;
- the fifth.
- ngŏ gûeh;
- the fifth month.
- ngŏ peh ngŏ câp ngŏ;
- five hundred and fifty-five.
- chiu ngŏ;
- the fifth day of the month.
- jîh-ngŏ;
- twenty-five.
- peh lâng ngŏ;
- a hundred and five.
- ngŏ choiⁿ lâng-lâng ngŏ; ngŏ khàng-khàng ngŏ;
- five thousand and five.
- ngŏ ngŏ jĭ-câp-ngŏ;
- five times five are twenty-five.
- ngŏ kìⁿ ngŏ;
- once five is five.
- jĭ ngŏ, cìn it câp;
- twice five are ten.
- saⁿ ngŏ it-câp-ngŏ;
- thrice five are fifteen.
- ngŏ kṳn ngŏ níe;
- five pounds and five ounces.
- câp-ngŏ phāng thiaⁿ;
- a main room, having fifteen rows of tiles in its roof.
- ngŏ koiⁿ kùe, thiaⁿ li jîh-ngŏ phāng;
- five rooms in a row, the central one being the main room, with twenty-five rows of tiles in its roof.
- ngŏ sî;
- from 11 o'clock A.M. to 1 o'clock P.M.
- thóiⁿ sî-ceng li sĭ ngŏ sî cho̤;
- it is just eleven by the clock.
- ngŏ sî tong;
- just noon.
- ngŏ sî búe;
- nearly one o'clock.
- kah ngŏ nî;
- a year that is first in the cycle of ten, and seventh in the cycle of twelve.
- keⁿ ngŏ gûeh;
- a month that is the seventh in the cycle of ten and seventh in the cycle of twelve.
- píaⁿ ngŏ jît;
- a day that is the third in the cycle of ten and seventh in the cycle of twelve.
- ngŏ-co̤h;
- certain persons attached to the courts, whose decision at inquests is relied on, and their report taken; the term is also applied to those who enshroud the dead.
- sí nâng cáu m̄ kùe ngŏ-coh chíu;
- the dead cannot escape the hands of the coroners.