Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/pa

by Adele Marion Fielde

pa

• 爸pa646884
• A father.

sĭ úa kâi a-pa;

it is my papa.

i ŭ a-pa hó̤ úa;

he has his father to depend upon.

• 巴pa644491
• A classifier of slaps with the hand; a clap; sign of the optative.

pa put tit cò̤ kàu cîaⁿ;

would that I could bring it to completion.

pa tāu; pa tāu cí;

the croton-oil fruit.

pa-cíeⁿ;

the palm of the hand.

cang pa-cíeⁿ phah i;

slapped him with his open hand.

cang pa-cíeⁿ cìeⁿ pôiⁿ hien kùe lâi, hìeⁿ pôiⁿ hien kùe khṳ̀;

slapped him on one side with one hand and on the other side with the other hand.

i khṳt i tōa nâng cang pa-cíeⁿ piang kàu hṳ́ pôiⁿ hĭⁿ thiaⁿ m̄ kìⁿ;

she was boxed by one of the elders of her family so that she is deaf in one ear.

búe-pa;

the flat part of the tail of an animal.

îeⁿ-búe pa;

sheep’s tails.

têk búe pa;

deer’s tails.

• 擺弄pa-lói648
• To tease, to plague; to meddle with; to handle.

i tó̤ pa-lói i kâi;

he is teasing her.

i kâi láu-láu-sît-sît, nín àiⁿ pa-lói i mih sṳ̄?

He never does harm to any one, what are you plaguing him for?

i to sĭ tó̤ pin-tǹg pa-lói i kâi;

they are always making game ofhim.

i tó̤ pa-lói cîah;

she is preparing the meal.

• 庶幾pa-lak778
• Perhaps; perchance.

pa-lak úa ka-kī àiⁿ khṳ̀;

perhaps I shall myself go.

pa-lak ŏi tit hó̤;

possibly it may be completed.

cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤, pa-lak bŏi hŭam cŭe;

in thus doing, it may be that no sin will be committed.

• 芭pa6441404

pa-cie;

a banana.

pa-cie sìⁿ;

a fan shaped like a plantain leaf.

• 飽pá6641845
• To eat enough; satisfied; gratified; satiated.

cîah pá;

finished his meal.

cîah būe pá;

has not yet finished his meal.

cîah cîaⁿ pá;

is just through eating.

cîah m̄ pá;

did not eat all I wanted.

màiⁿ cîah khah pá;

do not eat to repletion.

i sĭ pá hâk kâi nâng;

he is a very learned man.

i kâi mīn-sì thêng pá-múaⁿ;

he has a full round face.

ki pá îu jîn;

hunger and fullness are much as people please.

thóiⁿ kàu pá;

looked at it as long as I wish to.

cē thóiⁿ cū pá;

the sight of it is enough.

thóiⁿ lío, tó ŏi pá a bŏi?

Did you see enough of it?

khṳt i cîah pá-pá, sí lío hó̤ cò̤ kâi pá kúi;

give him all he can eat, and when he is dead he will be a contented ghost.

pá cîah m̄ jû pá ût;

eating enough is not so good as sleeping enough.

tìeⁿ kàu pá-pá;

stuffed as full as is can be.

bô̤ chài le pn̄g tîeh cîah pá cē;

since there are no side-dishes, you must eat the more of the rice.

chíaⁿ a-îⁿ lâi pá pn̄g;

ask your aunt to come to supper now.

• 把pá644644
• To seize; to hold for the purpose of using; to grasp; to lay hold of; to take a thing to be; to consider as.

pá-cáng;

an ensign in the army.

lṳ́ pá i thóiⁿ cò̤ sĭm-mih nâng?

Whom did you take him to be?

i kâi cò̤ sṳ̄ ŭ pá-thî;

he acts in a masterful way.

cū sĭ i tó̤ pá-thî sṳ̄;

it is he who holds control in the affair.

cò̤ mîh sṳ̄ àiⁿ ŭ pá-pèⁿ;

in whatever one does he needs something that he can use as a handie.

màiⁿ pá i kâi kang-hu gō khṳ̀;

do not interfere with him so as to spoil his work.

àiⁿ pá cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ cò̤-nî lâi chù-lì?

How shall we arrange this business?

cò̤ pá hì;

play tricks of legerdemain; to performs feats, as acrobats or trained animals do; jugglery.

• 榜pá6577510
• A list of successful candidates.

pa-ngán;

the “eye of the list”, a term for the second scholar in the land; the idea is that he is second in order as the eye is under the forehead.

nŏ̤ hiaⁿ tĭ cêk kâi tèng cŏ̤-ngŵn, cêk kâi tèng pá-ngân;

of the two brothers one became the first scholar of the empire, and the other the second.

• 靶pá6451774
• A target.

sīa cìⁿ kâi pá;

a target.

tòng tîeh pá kâi âng-sim;

hit the centre.

sīa tîeh pá kîⁿ;

hit the outer edge of the target.

pûaⁿ pá;

fired over the target.

pài pá;

a little short of the mark; the arrow fell at the foot of the target.

sīa m̄ tîeh pá;

did not hit the target.

• 豹pà6651533
• A name for spotted felinæ, the leopard, panther, jaguar, cheetah or ounce. The leopard is the insignia of military officers of the fourth rank.

kim cîⁿ pà;

the leopard.

hóⁿ seⁿ pà jî;

the tiger has a leopard as its offspring.

pà phûe cêk tíam cêk tíam, hue-hue;

a leopard-skin is speckled and spotted.

• 霸pà64517313
• To reign by force rather than by law; to incroach on; to hold in check through fear.

pá-cìam nâng kâi mûeh-kĭaⁿ;

take possession of other people’s things.

cí kâi nâng cò̤ sṳ̄ pà căi;

this person does things in a high handed way.

hûeⁿ-pà; hùeⁿ-hûeⁿ pà-pà;

regardless of the rights of others.

cìeⁿ-seⁿ sǹg sĭ pà-tău;

this is a resort to intimidation.

i kâi ūe pà-tău căi;

his language is intended to intimidate.

• 罷pă64512210
• To suffice; to cease from, to leave off, to finish; to quash; to strike work; enough; no more.

kău cìeⁿ-seⁿ le pă lío;

that is enough of this; it is quite time this was stopped.

m̄ khéng pă chíu;

would not stay his hand.

jī ke phah pă, màiⁿ sie chūe;

both parties having discontinued the quarrel, let there be no farther fighting.

ûi sĭm-mih sṳ̄ pă chĭ?

What is the reason for the markets being closed?

cèng nâng hŭe-côi pă kháu;

they all combined and forclosed the examination by refusing to attend.

àiⁿ pă put lêng;

could not stop though he wished to.

m̄ àiⁿ, cū pă;

if you do not want it let it alone.

i íⁿ-keng pă ceh, kui ke;

he has already fulfilled his duties and returned home.

• 冒pă582137
• To assume a false name.

i tŏ̤ gūa kháu to sĭ pă i kâi mîaⁿ;

he always assumes his name when abroad.

thèng pă nâng kâi mîaⁿ;

take other people’s names.

pă i kâi kî-hō̤;

make illegal use of their flag.

i sĭ pă tī-tîang kâi hŏ̤-thâu?

Whose mark has he counterfeited?