Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/pwt

From Wikisource
Jump to navigation Jump to search

pwt

  • pŵt647645
  • To elevate; to promote; to excel.
i sĭ pŵt kong-seng;
he is a selected sìu-châi, one who excels the common rank, and can be employed.
pŵt pó móng îaⁿ kâi chám-cìang;
promoted to fill a vacant post as commander of a certain garrison.
thî-pŵt;
raise to a higher post.
  • pŵt718394
  • Intractable.
pŵt cheⁿ;
a comet, in allusion to its sudden appearance and supposed malign influences.
hàm i màiⁿ lâi tó̤ pŵt-cheⁿ;
tell him not to come about like an evil star.
pŵt-sîap;
uncomfortable; tiresome.
cêk lō kâi pŵt-sîap sĭ kang-khó căi;
the discomforts of the journey are great.
pŵt-pŵt sîap-sîap, sĭm sĭ kang-khó;
most uncomfortable and very fatiguing.
  • pŵt1541135
  • To disperse, to drive off.
pŵt tṳ̂ put sîang;
to ward off evil.