Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/puaⁿ

by Adele Marion Fielde

puaⁿ

• 搬puaⁿ6506410
• To move from one place to another; to transport.

puaⁿ chù;

to change one's dwelling place.

puaⁿ tŏ̤ pât kò̤ tīu;

moved elsewhere to reside.

puaⁿ-ūn nîe-hìang;

transport stores for the army.

puaⁿ so̤ sĭ hui;

carry to and fro the words that set people at variance.

puaⁿ so̤ sṳ̂-sŏng;

fetch and carry reports until a lawsuit ensues.

• 般puaⁿ6501374
• A sort; a way; manner of.

to sĭ cêk puaⁿ;

they are all of one sort.

câp poih puaⁿ bú gōi, puaⁿ-puaⁿ hío;

of all the eighteen kinds of military drill, he understands each.

choiⁿ puaⁿ bw̄n puaⁿ, to sĭ mīaⁿ;

among all manner of things, life is of chief importance.

• 磐púaⁿ65411210
• A large rock; a foundation stone.

kien-kú kùe cîeh-púaⁿ;

immovable as a rock.

tŏ̤ cîeh-púaⁿ téng tìe hṳ̂;

sat on a rock fishing with line and hook.

• 半pùaⁿ651243
• A half; a large piece of.

tùi-tùi cêk pùaⁿ;

just half.

to̤ pùaⁿ sĭ m̄-hó̤ kâi;

full half of it is bad.

chûn ŭ cêk tōa pùaⁿ;

have rather more than half of it left.

pùa-mêⁿ;

midnight.

lṳ́ tōa i cêk pùaⁿ;

you are twice as large as he.

pùaⁿ-sì nâng;

a middle aged person.

pùaⁿ sìn, pùaⁿ gî;

half believing and half doubting.

pùaⁿ hàuⁿ, pùaⁿ m̄ hàuⁿ;

half willing and half reluctant.

táng ke pùaⁿ khek;

wait a few minutes longer.

kiaⁿ kàu pùaⁿ sí;

half dead with fright.

cêk pùaⁿ nâng, cêk pùaⁿ kúi;

half man and half demon.

pùaⁿ lō cîh phoi-taⁿ;

broke his carrying pole when half way to his destination.

cih pùaⁿ;

to halve.

m̄ hó̤ pùaⁿ thû jṳ̂ hùi;

do not leave a thing half finished.

pùaⁿ pôiⁿ mīn;

a profile view.

ūe kâi pùaⁿ sin múiⁿ jîn;

paint a half-length portrait.

cîah kàu pùaⁿ pak;

ate half a meal.

cía îeh tîeh pùaⁿ pak kâi sî-hāu cîah;

this medicine is to be taken between meals.

cīeⁿ-pùaⁿ-kùa;

the middle of the forenoon.

ĕ-pùaⁿ-kùa;

middle of the afternoon.

cīeⁿ-pùaⁿ-mêⁿ bô̤ hìeⁿ sàu, ĕ-pùaⁿ-mêⁿ sàu ío thíam;

the first part of the night I do not cough much, but the latter part of the night I cough violently.

hŵn-lío pùaⁿ kûeh būe cêng lô̤h;

half of them are not yet put in.

nŏ̤ tháng cúi pùaⁿ-pùaⁿ;

two buckets, each half full of water.

i kâi mn̂g pùaⁿ hăm-hŏiⁿ;

his door is ajar.

i chûn pùaⁿ tîo sèⁿ-mīaⁿ;

he is only half alive.

thiⁿ ke pùaⁿ úaⁿ;

add another half bowlful.

i ā-sĭ khéng pùaⁿ mâk thóiⁿ-kù to cū hó̤;

if he will take a look at it occasionally that will suffice.

pùaⁿ guêh;

half a month.

cûn kàu pùaⁿ khoi;

the boat has reached the middle of the river.

pùaⁿ pôiⁿ;

a half.

bô̤ pùaⁿ nâng tŏ̤;

there was nobody at all there.

kâi pùaⁿ kâi ŭ;

have one or two only.

pùaⁿ-sîa-sì pùaⁿ-sîa-sì nē;

very oblique.

ka pùaⁿ-sîa-sì, pùaⁿ-sîa-sì nē;

cut it bias.

cêk hûe, pùaⁿ hûe;

barely once or twice.

chēng kàu pùaⁿ-kū-lô̤h;

half worn.

cîah kàu pùaⁿ-làm-sò̤;

eat barely enough.

pùaⁿ ta tâm;

half dry.

pùaⁿ cheⁿ sêk;

half ripe.

pùaⁿ siaⁿ tàⁿ cū hío;

understood it before he was half through speaking.

pĕng bô̤ pùaⁿ kù ūe;

they never have any words with each other.

pùaⁿ cìn pùa thò̤;

hesitating whether to advance or to retreat.

pùaⁿ ngĕ ńng kâi ūe;

language that is neither too harsh nor too yielding.

pùaⁿ lâm-ńng;

a hermaphrodite.

• 搬pûaⁿ6506410
• To remove from one place to another.

cá sĭ pûaⁿ kùe khṳ̀, taⁿ īu àiⁿ pûaⁿ kùe lâi;

it was moved there before, and now it is to be moved back again.

pûaⁿ-pûaⁿ îe-îe, chŵn bô̤ tīaⁿ-tîeh;

moves it first to one place and then to another, without fixing upon any place for it.

• 盤pûaⁿ65310810
• A plate, tray or flat dish; a market; a game; an affair.

sói pûaⁿ-úaⁿ;

wash the dishes.

pûaⁿ-úaⁿ màiⁿ leh-leh-kìe;

do not clatter the dishes.

tháng-pûaⁿ;

a salver.

tōa pûaⁿ, sòi pûaⁿ, pûaⁿ kíaⁿ;

large, medium-sized, and small plates.

kio pûaⁿ pêⁿ-pêⁿ tōa;

of the same size as the platter.

pûaⁿ tôi, pûaⁿ kha;

the upper and the under side of a plate.

pûaⁿ màiⁿ thâh khah kûiⁿ;

do not pile the plates too high.

pûaⁿ kíam cheng-khih, sói lío, chit ta, tò̤-khap khí;

scrape the plates clean, wash them, wipe them dry, and set them bottom upward in a pile.

sǹg-pûaⁿ;

an abacus.

ngó seⁿ pûaⁿ;

trays for holding offerings to the gods.

îaⁿ-pûaⁿ cap to̤ ̆tī-kò̤?

Where is the camp set?

ūe cêk kâi kî-pûaⁿ;

draw the squares on a chess-board.

náng lâi teh cêk pûaⁿ kî;

let us play a game of chess.

kha pûaⁿ;

the instep.

chíu pûaⁿ;

the back of the hand.

tī-tiang-sî kau pûaⁿ?

When was the business transferred to others?

siu pûaⁿ; suah pûaⁿ;

to wind up an affair.

cía hùe tī-tiang-sî cìaⁿ àiⁿ khui pûaⁿ?

When are these goods to be throw upon the market?

pûaⁿ-tî;

disbursments; incidental expenses.

saⁿ chùn pûaⁿ, ngŏ chùn pûaⁿ chit chùn pûaⁿ;

three, five, and seven inch platters.

• 逾pûaⁿ11241629
• To pass over or beyond.

pûaⁿ sîaⁿ chut khṳ̀;

traversed the city and went out on the other side.

pûaⁿ kùe chîeⁿ cū sĭ i kâi ău thâu;

pass over the wall and you come to the back of his house.

pûaⁿ suaⁿ kùe nía;

to cross the mountains.

pûaⁿ tùi chù-téng kùe;

went over the tops of the houses.

• 拂pŭaⁿ154645
• To brush off; a duster.

pŭaⁿ tīo eng-têng;

brush off the dust.

pŭaⁿ máng kâi máng-pŭaⁿ;

a brush for brushing off mosquitoes.