Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/no̤ⁿ

by Adele Marion Fielde

no̤ⁿ

• 努nó̤ⁿ641195
• To exert the utmost strength; to agonize for; to put forth the last effort; a desperate, deadly struggle.

kun-sṳ̆ hùe nâng-nâng nó̤ⁿ-lâk hìang côiⁿ;

the soldiers, every man, rushed forward with all their energy.

tîeh cèng nâng nó̤ⁿ-lâk cìaⁿ ŭ pō;

must all strive with the utmost force, then it may be effectual.

• 懦nó̤ⁿ6306114
• Timid; soft; imbecile.

i kâi nâng nó̤ⁿ-jîak;

he is infirm.

i cn̂g kâi nó̤ⁿ-jîak căi, bô̤ ēng;

he is altogether infirm of purpose, and good for nothing.

• 挪nô̤ⁿ639647
• To move; to change the place or purpose of; to misapply.

î-nô̤ⁿ;

to hypothecate.

cîⁿ-ngṳ̂n sĭ ka-kī kâi, a sĭ tŏ̤ nâng kò̤ î-nô̤ⁿ lâi kâi?

Is the money his own, or did he get it from some one by giving a lien on what was bought with it?

• 二nŏ̤ⁿ72170
• Two.

ang cía nŏ̤ⁿ nâng cò̤-pû khṳ̀;

husband and wife both went.

nín hiaⁿ tĭ nŏ̤ⁿ nâng hó̤ lâi;

both of you brothers may come.

nŏ̤ⁿ jît hŵn-lío būe hó̤;

two days have passed and still they are not done.

keh ke nŏ̤ⁿ jît;

after a lapse of two days.

ke nŏ̤ⁿ jît;

two days more.

ke nŏ̤ⁿ kâi khṳt úa;

gave me two more.

i nŏ̤ ciah mâk kim-kim tó̤ thóiⁿ;

he is gazing at it with all his eyes.

nŏ̤ⁿ ciah chíu phŏ̤ kín-kín;

hold it tightly with both hands.

nŏ̤ cîah kha cêk ciah ío tōa;

one of his feet is larger than the other.

taⁿ chûn bô̤ nŏ̤ tîo mô̤ⁿ;

he has now scarcely a hair left on his head.

pái nŏ̤ⁿ ciah íⁿ;

set two chairs in place.

nŏ̤ⁿ īe, tī īeⁿ hó̤;

of the two sorts, which is the better.

lâi nŏ̤ⁿ hûe lío;

he has been here twice already.

nŏ̤ⁿ tńg tīaⁿ;

only twice.

bô̤ nŏ̤ⁿ ē cū hó̤;

it will be done at a stroke.

nŏ̤ⁿ pái tàⁿ nŏ̤ⁿ khẃn;

at the two different times he talked about two different styles.

nŏ̤ⁿ koiⁿ keh piah;

two adjoining rooms.

kêh cò̤ nŏ̤ⁿ kûeh;

divide it into two.

úa tàⁿ ke nŏ̤ⁿ kù ūe lío;

I want to say a word or two more.

ŭ saⁿ nŏ̤ⁿ kâi tīaⁿ;

have only two or three.

bô̤ nŏ̤ⁿ īeⁿ sim;

have no two minds about it.

nŏ̤ⁿ to̤ sie pìaⁿ pit ŭ cêk to̤ khih;

when two knives clash one of them will certainly be nicked.

nŏ̤ în lâu;

a two storey building.

cò̤ ke nŏ̤ⁿ keh tâh-pō-câng;

make two more steps in the stairs.

lih cò̤ nŏ̤ⁿ pôiⁿ;

tear it in two.

peh cò̤ nŏ̤ⁿ kò̤;

a break it in two with the fingers.

á cò̤ nŏ̤ⁿ kûeh;

wrench it in two.

cih cò̤ nŏ̤ⁿ têng;

fold it so as to make two layers.

thâh cò̤ nŏ̤ⁿ thâh;

pile them up in two piles.

lâu nŏ̤ⁿ phuah chiu;

let two tufts of beard grow out.

múeⁿ tǹg sĭ sì pûaⁿ nŏ̤ⁿ úaⁿ;

at each meal there are four dishes of solid and two of fluid food.

i nŏ̤ⁿ kâi bó, cìaⁿ seⁿ nŏ̤ⁿ kâi kíaⁿ;

his two wives bore him two sons.

nŏ̤ⁿ tîo lō sûi lṳ́ kîaⁿ;

take whichever you please of the two roads.

nŏ̤ⁿ mn̂g sûi lṳ́ jîp;

enter which you please of the two doors.

nō̤ⁿ suaⁿ sie thâh, chíaⁿ chut;

one mountain on top of another (makes the letter which stands for “exit”), please take you departure.

nŏ̤ⁿ koiⁿ phah thàng cò̤ cêk koiⁿ;

make two rooms into one.

nŏ̤ⁿ ki ûi;

two-masted.

nŏ̤ⁿ phìⁿ mn̂g;

double doors.

àiⁿ cò̤ cò̤ nŏ̤ⁿ keh a saⁿ keh?

Do you want it made with two compartments or with three?

mín nŏ̤ⁿ tàⁿ cū tĭⁿ;

it will take less than two loads to fill it.

cêk thâu m̄ cai nŏ̤ⁿ kûeh jît;

those on one side of a disk do not know what is on the other side.

nŏ̤ⁿ úaⁿ khap cò̤ cêk úaⁿ;

turn the contents of the two bowls into one.

cêk īeⁿ cṳ́ keⁿ, ío ŭ nŏ̤ⁿ īeⁿ bī;

in one mess of pottage there cannot be two different flavours.

• 怒nō̤ⁿ641615
• Anger, wrath; fury; ire; passion; to get in a rage.

chok tîeh i kâi nō̤ⁿ;

excited his wrath.

cêk sî hwt nō̤ⁿ;

suddenly came incensed.

pău nō̤ⁿ sieⁿ kuaⁿ;

violent passion injures the liver.

• 哪nō̤ⁿ611307
• A final particle, denoting certainty.

hēⁿ nō̤ⁿ;

yes, to be sure.

hó̤ nō̤ⁿ;

that will do very well.

m̄-ùi nō̤ⁿ;

there is nothing to fear.

khîeh nō̤ⁿ;

take it, certainly.