Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/phua

by Adele Marion Fielde

phua

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• To lay open.

phùa khui lâi thóiⁿ;

open it out and see what is inside.

phùa sim kuaⁿ;

disclose the real feelings.

phùaⁿ cò̤ nŏ̤ poiⁿ; phùaⁿ cò̤ pôiⁿ;

to halve; to divide in two.

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• To rend, break, ruin, or defeat; to take by storm; to detect, to lay bare, to solve, to explain; split, tattered, broken, injured.

phùa-phùa chùi-chùi, tâk tîeh sĭm mih cîⁿ;

it is all in pieces, and worth almost nothing.

i chēng kàu phùa lîh-lîh;

he wears his clothing till it is in tatters.

i tó̤ pó phùa saⁿ;

she is mending a torn garment.

tŏ̤ hṳ́ hûe kiaⁿ phùa táⁿ khṳ̀;

was at that time so scared that he lost all courage.

phah phùa i kâi îaⁿ-pûaⁿ;

broke up their camp.

i cí ău phùa-pāi lío;

he has since been defeated.

hía sĭ phùa ke kíaⁿ;

he is one who will ruin his family.

i a-pĕ cū sĭ chûn cōi-cōi ciⁿ, i īa phùa tit ŵn;

should his father leave a great amount of money, he would waste it all.

i cí sù-nî, ūi sṳ̄, kâi ke phùa kàu cheng-khih cheng-khih;

he has during these last few years had troubles which have impoverished his family.

úa thóiⁿ phùa i kâi ì;

I see through his design.

m̄ cîaⁿ khṳt nâng thóiⁿ phùa;

that people may not find it out.

bô̤ nâng thóiⁿ tit phùa;

nobody detected it.

cò̤ hìeⁿ thóiⁿ m̄ phùa cúa?;

Why are you so blinded?

phùa châi;

to lose property, as by theft.

phùa cîⁿ tói ūn;

spend money to get good luck.

phùa-hùi tīo jîeh cōi cîⁿ cìaⁿ cò̤ sêng;

laid out much before it was brought to completion.

phùa i kâi huap;

discovered how he did it.

phùa i kâi kòi;

guessed his stratagem.

phah phùa sîaⁿ-tî;

carried the city by storm.

hût kă m̄ phùa;

cannot bite into the pit of the fruit.

ngó-seⁿ phùa-sùaⁿ cū lâi chíaⁿ nâng-kheh;

when the five carcasses are divided, we will then invite the guests.

cí kâi tŏ̤-lí cū sĭeⁿ m̄ phùa;

I did not think out this principle.

cêk ē cŭang, hía po̤-lî-khì cn̂g kâi phùa khṳ̀;

that glassware was all broken at one thump.

chēng sang phùa ôi-lioh;

wore a pair of old slipshod shoes.

saⁿ khò chēng kàu hûeⁿ phùa tît lîh;

wore his clothes till they were rent in all directions.

cîah lío ùaⁿ cē tîeh khà phùa cúi-kng;

after eating it you will be so thirsty that you will break the water jar in your haste to get water.

màiⁿ thûh phùa i kâi pêⁿ theng cúa;

do not poke a hole through his paper screens; do not spoil the play by bringing into view the puppets that cast their shadows on the screen.

tîeh màiⁿ thăng phùa thâu, cē thăng phùa thâu cū cong-kú àiⁿ;

do not begin, else you will always be wanting to do it.

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• To rive; to split; to rend.

phùa châ;

split wood.

phùa cò̤ nŏ pôiⁿ;

split it in two.

phùa cò̤ sì lìam;

split it into quarters.

phùa m̄ lô̤h;

I can't split it.

phùa châ, thóiⁿ châ sì;

in splitting wood consider which way the grain lies.

phùa tek-bih;

make bamboo splints.

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• An old woman, a dame, a crone, a hag.

kong-phûa;

an old couple.

i lâi pài ún kâi kong-phûa;

they came to pay their respects to our old people.

kong-phûa bó̤ pó̤-hō̤;

may the god of the bedstead grant a blessing.

lău phûa;

a grandfather's concubine.

bûe phûa;

a matchmaker.

thóiⁿ sìaⁿ phûa;

an old female spirit medium.

i seⁿ lâi a-phûa mīn a-phûa mīn;

he has a face like an old woman's.

thái-kò̤ phua;

a crone who is a leper.

i tó̤ tng sau-phûa;

she keeps a brothel.

sau-phûa âi;

an old woman who has charge of a bagnio.