Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/noiⁿ
Appearance
noiⁿ
- cîah tîeh tōiⁿ-nòiⁿ tōiⁿ-nòiⁿ nē;
- in eating it, it seems very firm-fleshed.
- pû lío cong-kú tōiⁿ-nòiⁿ;
- after being cooked it continues very hard.
- mông tîeh hṳ́ tói ŏi tōiⁿ-nòiⁿ;
- can feel a hard lump inside.
- nôiⁿ hue;
- the lotus or water-lily, of which there are many varieties.
- nôiⁿ ci, nôiⁿ ki, nôiⁿ hieh, nôiⁿ kău;
- the seeds, stems, leaves and roots of the lotus.
- nôiⁿ kng;
- a large jar in which water-lilies are grown.
- so nôiⁿ;
- the dwarf lotus.
- n̂g nôiⁿ;
- yellow lilies.
- hṳ̂ nôiⁿ;
- ground lilies.
- tôk-kha nôiⁿ;
- a plant like the arum.
- nôiⁿ-hue hah, nôiⁿ chīu;
- petals and stamens of the lotus.
- nôiⁿ tî;
- a lotus pond.
- hŵn lâu i kâi nôiⁿ pō;
- still detain her from departing.
- nôiⁿ pō;
- a lady-like gait.
- nôiⁿ pô;
- the seed-pod of the lotus.
- nôiⁿ-kúe; nôi-kúaiⁿ;
- the lichi.
- cù hût nôiⁿ-kúaiⁿ;
- the small-seeded lichi.
- o hîeh nôiⁿ-kúaiⁿ;
- the dark foliaged lichi.
- nôiⁿ kúaiⁿ kuaⁿ;
- dried lichis.
- hŏng hue nôiⁿ-kúaiⁿ;
- the thick-rinded yellow lichi.
- nôiⁿ-kak;
- the water caltrop, or buffalo horn, whose fruit is eaten.
- nôiⁿ-kak tî;
- a pool in which the water caltrop grows.
- tiah kúi lîap cheⁿ nôiⁿ-kak lâi cîah;
- pick a few water caltrops to eat.
- 栜nōiⁿ536759
- A tree bearing lilac flowers, the melia azederach*, or Pride of India.
- kho-nōiⁿ chīu;
- the Pride of India tree.
- cang kha lâi nōiⁿ;
- set the foot upon and destroy.
- nōiⁿ cò̤ nêk-cìeⁿ;
- trampled to a jelly.