Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/puah

by Adele Marion Fielde

puah

• 鉢puah7091675
• A glazed earthen basin.

hue puah;

a flower pot.

cúi puah;

a water pot.

thoah puah;

a priest's dish.

• 賭pûah9161549
• To play for stakes.

pûah su, pûah îaⁿ;

to lose or to win in gambling.

pûah-cîⁿ;

to gamble.

īu cîah īu pûah; hàuⁿ cîah hàuⁿ pûah;

smokes opium and gambles.

pûah kàu sok-sok-theh;

played till he had nothing left to stake.

• 跌pûah8911575
• To slip and fall; to make a false step; to tumble.

i pûah lô̤h khṳ̀ cū peh m̄ cáu-khí;

if he falls down he cannot get up again.

i pûah tîeh tì-kò̤?

Where did he hurt himself when he fell?

i pûah cîh kha kut;

he fell down and broke his leg.

pûah lô̤h khṳ̀ līo-līo-tît;

fell down flat.

i cē thiaⁿ tîeh cū îang pûah lô̤h khṳ̀;

when she heard it she fell in a swoon.

• 掉pûah887648
• To flop sidewise.

cûn-búe pûah kùe tang pôiⁿ;

turn the stern of the boat eastward.

cûn pûah m̄ tńg sin;

cannot turn the boat.

khṳt i kâi hṳ̂-búe pûah khṳ̀ kàu cū pûah lô̤h khṳ̀;

one would be felled by a blow from his tail.

i tó̤ kîaⁿ, kâi búe pûah kùe lâi pûah kùe khṳ̀;

its tail flops to and fro as it goes.

• 汲pûah394854
• To draw water from a well.

khîeh pûah-tháng khṳ̀ pûah cêk pûah cúi;

take the drawing bucket and draw a bucket of water.

• 擲pûah716415
• To toss down; to throw.

pûah tâu;

to throw dice.

pûah lô̤h thô-ĕ, tiang-cē-kìe;

if you throw it upon the ground it jingles.