Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/sua

by Adele Marion Fielde

sua

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• To spill, to scatter about.

cía bí tâng hṳ́-kò̤ sua-îa kàu cí-kò̤ lâi;

the rice has been scattered all the way from there here.

put hó̤, màiⁿ sua-îa cêk koiⁿ;

take it up carefully and do not let it drop through your hands and scatter around.

sua-îa ŵn khṳ̀;

all spilled oat.

khîeh kâi mûeh khṳ̀ chō̤, cìaⁿ bŏi sua-sua îa-îa;

take something to hold it, then it will not be scattered around.

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• Sand, gravel, pebbles, shingle; reefs, banks; granulated, as sugar; gritty; broken fine; friable and mealy, as fruit; frequenting sand banks and beaches; a sandy, brown, or gray color.

chiah sua thn̂g;

coarse dry brown sugar.

sua-thâng;

a grub.

i kâi mīn pōiⁿ kàu cū sĭ sua-thâng khòi;

his face is as spotted as if it had been nibbled by grubs.

tōa lîap kâi sua-bó̤;

large pebbles.

àiⁿ kap jîeh cōi sua lô̤h khṳ̀?

How much sand should be mixed in?

cía bí seⁿ sua;

this rice is gritty.

tôa tīo sua;

rinse out the sand.

sua-thô̤ eng cêk koiⁿ;

there is earth scattered all over the place.

hue-sua-thô;

mortar.

mâk eng tîeh sua;

have got some sand in my eyes.

cang sua lâi chìu;

scour it with sand.

sua-pà;

sand banks.

cîah tîeh sua nē;

it tastes very mealy.

sua-cîh;

a spit of sand.

sua tî; sua céⁿ;

a pool with a sandy bottom.

cia cúi nah-sap; tîeh cang sua lâi tè kùe;

this water is dirty, and it must be filtered through sand.

sua-mûiⁿ;

fine sand.

sua ue;

an unglazed earthen pot.

i tó̤ līen-phah sua-pau;

he is practicing boxing upon sand bags.

tōa sua-bô̤-thâu;

large smooth pebbles.

sua-iu kâi tī;

sandy land.

chio sua;

mix in sand.

cang sua lâi ìm;

cover it over with sand.

pó̤-sua-hún;

emery powder.

seⁿ sua êng;

it is dusty.

cí bó châng teh sua, teh jîeh chim;

this field is covered with sand to a considerable depth.

pua lío, pua cò̤ kâi sua-tun;

carry it off in baskets, and thus make a sand heap.

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• Cholera.

i cí-hûe sĭ tîeh sua kâi īeⁿ; hó̤ hàm kâu nâng kio i phah sua;

he now appears as if he had cholera, it will be well to call some one to combat the disease by maniplation.

kueh sua;

to scarify for cholera.

ká-tn̂g sua;

Asiatic cholera.

sua îⁿ;

pills for cholera.

tîeh sua m̄ hó̤ cîah sie kâi mûeh;

when one has cholera he should not take hot things.

si sua îeh;

dispense remedies for cholera.

tîeh kín sua;

have an accute attack of cholera.

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• The shark family, including rays and skates.

sua-hṳ̂ phûe;

shagreen.

sua pó;

dried shark's flesh.

lôi-thâu sua;

the shovel-nosed shark.

pêh gê sua;

the white-toothed shark.

chut jîp sua;

young sharks, which are said to hide in their mother's belly.

sua-hṳ̂ lêk;

a bright slate color.

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• The dragon-fly.

âng sua-me;

a bright dragon-fly.

sua-me-nîe;

a small brilliant dragon-fly.

toa chùi sua-me;

the big headed dragon-fly.

kâi sua-me tó̤ cèng thiⁿ-tang-tek;

to stand on one's head.

nih sua-me khṳt a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ thit-thô̤;

catch a dragon-fly for the children to play with.

sua-me hiah lî;

a dragon-fly lit on the hedge; to place the body in an attitude like that of a dragon-fly perched on a hedge.

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• To move one's abode; to shift one's things from one place to another.

î-súa khṳ̀ lío;

has moved away.

chien-súa tŏ̤ tī-kò̤?

Where has he moved to?

cìeⁿ pôiⁿ súa kùe hìeⁿ pôiⁿ;

move from this side to the other side.

súa tī-hng;

change the location of.

má-sṳ̆ kâi hâng-phò lóng-cóng súa jîp sùaⁿ-thâu;

the Double Island warehouses are all removed to Swatow.

súa theh bûang chi;

to change one's abode, and forget to take the wife along; absent minded.