Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/noⁿ

by Adele Marion Fielde

noⁿ

• 孥nôⁿ160895
• A child; children, (When followed by the diminutive the tone changes to the high even tone).

a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ;

children; bairns.

a-nôⁿ, m̄ hó̤ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

my child, do not do that.

ŏng a-nôⁿ;

jolt baby.

phŏ̤ a-nôⁿ;

have a babe in arms.

seⁿ a-nôⁿ;

give birth to an infant.

kio a-nôⁿ; kang a-nôⁿ;

to take care of a child as a nurse does; to be with child.

lṳ́ ŭ a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ a būe?

Have you any children yet?

kà a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ kui-kṳ́;

teach the children how to behave.

àⁿ a-nôⁿ ût;

get the baby to sleep.

a-nôⁿ hng-hng-kìe;

the baby whines.

a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ sĭeⁿ;

childish notions.

lṳ́ cò̤ sṳ̄ màiⁿ kio a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ hìeⁿ-seⁿ;

do not act childishly.

tōa nâng hì a sĭ a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ hì?

Are the players adults or children?

a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ kih keng-càu;

children build playhouses.

a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ ki-ka-kìe;

children chatter.

hàm a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ màiⁿ cih-cah-kìe;

tell the children not to make a noise calling out.

hàm a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ kâi kha màiⁿ khìt-khôk-kìe;

tell the children not to make a noise with their feet.

a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ phah phòng-phĭe īu hàuⁿ, īu ùi;

when children fire off crackers, they are both pleased and afraid.

lṳ́ tōa lío, màiⁿ cong-kú ô̤h a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ kâi īeⁿ;

since you are full grown do not continue to behave as if you were a child.

a-nôⁿ keh nĭ a būe?

Is the baby weaned yet?

a-nôⁿ àiⁿ cîah nĭ, tîeh lâi chī;

the child wishes to nurse and must be allowed to do so.

cak kàu a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ chéⁿ;

made a noise and woke up the baby.

jíang kàu a-nôⁿ chéⁿ;

woke the baby by screaming out.

• 奴nôⁿ640382
• A person bought with money; it now generally means those sentenced to slavery; an abject; a term of contempt.

nôⁿ-pôk;

a male slave.

nôⁿ-pĭ;

a female slave.

cíeⁿ cîⁿ nôⁿ;

a miser.

nôⁿ châi;

Your Servant, (used by the Manchus when addressing the emperor).

būe seⁿ chĭeⁿ, soiⁿ seⁿ chĭeⁿ-nôⁿ;

before the elephant was produced, the elephant keeper was brought forth.

a-tia m̄ cò̤, àiⁿ cò̤ nôⁿ;

if you won't be a master, you will be a slave; (said in scolding a naughty child).