Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/niuⁿ

by Adele Marion Fielde

niuⁿ

• 揀niuⁿ383649
• To reject from the mouth, using tongue and teeth in selecting the offending object.

ŭ kut, tîeh cai níuⁿ tīo, màiⁿ kéⁿ tîeh;

if there are bones in it you must pick them out of the month and not get choked by them.

• 綹niuⁿ5491208
• A fob or pocket.

cíen-níuⁿ;

a cut-purse.

kṳ́n hûang cíen-níuⁿ;

beware of pickpockets.

• 扭níuⁿ639644
• To collar; to gripe; to clutch.

níuⁿ i khṳ̀ phṳ̀a;

collar him and take him to the yamun.

níuⁿ kàu pùaⁿ lō, khṳt i cáu khṳ̀;

dragged him half way, when he made his escape.

níuⁿ tŏ̤ cí kò̤ kùe;

took him by force past here.

níuⁿ kau;

seize and deliver to the authorities.

• 鈕níuⁿ6381674
• A button, a knob.

saⁿ níuⁿ;

buttons on a tunic.

saⁿ liap níuⁿ;

three buttons.

có̤-níuⁿ;

buttons made of knotted cord.

phah có̤-níuⁿ;

to make cloth buttons.

níuⁿ phàng;

a loop, used as a button hole.

kng mīn kâi níuⁿ;

plain metal buttons.

hue níu;

ornamental buttons.

• 謬nĭuⁿ60114911
• Falsity; error; to mislead.

pŭe-nĭuⁿ;

misleading; fallacious.

hṳ-nĭuⁿ;

fabulous.

lṳ́ thóiⁿ i kâi uē ŭ nĭuⁿ a bô̤?

Do you think what he says extravagant?

châng-nĭuⁿ;

conceal a falsehood.