Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/o
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[edit]- o-a;
- crow or a raven.
- o-hek;
- dense darkness; black as ink.
- ēng o chiu îeh lâi ní;
- take the dye that is used to darken the beard and dye it.
- kui cṳ o-ŭ;
- it brought me in nothing; it was an entire loss; it all came to nought.
- o-hâh cṳ cèng;
- a set of lawless fellows; roughs and vagabonds.
- o pêh o pêh;
- speckled black and white.
- o hṳ̂;
- the black-fish.
- kún o;
- trim with black.
- kang o;
- deep black.
- o kî;
- a black flag.
- îu cò̤ o;
- paint it black.
- o-o sĭ jī, pêh-pêh sĭ cúa, úa m̄ pat i, i m̄ pat úa;
- the black is letters, and the white is paper, that is all I know about literature.
- pìn thiⁿ cn̂g kâi sĭ o hûn;
- the whole sky is overcast with clouds.
- bí ô;
- rice basket.
- pn̄g ô;
- a basket for holding cooked rice.
- ô kheng,
- a clothes basket.
- lîah ô;
- a large grain basket.
- ô kíaⁿ;
- a small flat basket.
- cîⁿ ô;
- money basket.
- ngó ô, sì hái;
- the whole empire.
- cí kâi nâng sĭ tó̤ cáu kang-ô;
- this man is a great traveller.
- lău kang-ô;
- an old traveller.
- lâi khṳ̀ sai-ô kò̤ thit-thô̤;
- let us go to the western pools for recreation.
- cúi ō;
- the water taro.
- cṳ̆ sòi, jû ō hîeh khâng cúi cu;
- gently, as a taro leaf holds a dew-drop.
- ō n̆ng;
- small taro.
- ō cu kíaⁿ;
- dwarf taro.
- kho̤ cē ō mûeⁿ;
- make a stew of taro stalks.