Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/suah
suah
[edit]- suah cheⁿ;
- a baleful star.
- suah khì;
- sickly vapors; malaria; the active spirit of death; baleful influences which destroy luck.
- i sĭ ngŏ̤ tîeh hiong sîn, ak suah;
- he encountered malignant spirits.
- kwn-suah;
- crises in life, which occur triennially from three to sixteen, modified by the signs one is born in.
- kwn-suah cheng-chó̤;
- he has passed the critical periods of youth.
- cŏ̤ suah, hìang suah;
- evil influences from the rear or the front, geomantic terms connected with the position of graves.
- saⁿ suah;
- three points of the compass from which evils come during any year.
- suah búe;
- the very last.
- ău-lâi cò̤-nî siu-suah?
- Afterward what comes of it?
- kàu suah-búe sĭ cò̤-nî?
- In the end, what does it amount to?
- suah síu;
- a headsman.
- suah thâng;
- to destroy vermin.
- suah nío-chṳ́;
- to kill rats.
- kài suah seⁿ;
- forbid the slaughter of animals.
- ŭ ui-hong suah-khì;
- has an awe-inspiring.; dreadful look.
- suah jîp tīn lâi;
- fought his way into the ranks.
- cía sǹg sĭ mông châi kù suah;
- this was plotting murder for the sake of gain.
- chò̤ suah;
- manslaughter.
- gō suah;
- homicide.
- keh suah;
- accidental murder.
- suah mīaⁿ;
- murder.
- suah-hiah;
- to lodge; to stay over night.
- cieh ún suah-hiah cêk meⁿ;
- allow us to put up here for one night.
- hiah-suah tŏ̤ tì-kò̤?
- Where are your lodgings?