Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/sah

by Adele Marion Fielde

sah

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• To catch in the hand.

cêk nâng tīo, cêk nâng sah;

one tosses and the other catches.

màiⁿ sah ka-lâuh;

do not let it fall instead of catching it.

i kâi cìⁿ sīa khṳ̀ kàu khṳt i sah tîeh;

he caught in his hand the arrow that shot at him.

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• To mistakenly suppose; to misapprehend.

úa sah cò̤ sĭ hìeⁿ-seⁿ, ío sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

I thought it was thus, but find instead that it is so.

i màiⁿ sah cò̤ hó̤;

he must not erroneously think that it is good.

sah cò̤ sĭ i, ío sĭ i a-tĭ;

thought it was he, but it proved to be his brother.

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• Unenlightened; obscure.

hāi i kiaⁿ kàu kông sâh-sâh;

scared him almost out of his senses.