Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/pua

by Adele Marion Fielde

pua

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• To disseminate; to strew; to scatter abroad; to sow.

pùa-îang i kâi mîaⁿ;

publish his name far and wide.

thŵn-pùa;

to promulgate.

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• A winnowing; to winnow.

pùa bí;

to winnow rice.

thai pùa; to sift and winnow.

pùa-ki;

a winnowing basket.

pùa tīo cho-khng;

winnow away the chaff.

khṳt huang éng pùa tîeh;

splashed by wind and waves.