Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/uah

by Adele Marion Fielde

uah

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• Running, bubbling, like water; living, lively, active; bright, cheerful; to live; to vivify; life; motion; the germ of life; movable; a living; livelihood; occupation; applied to some drugs to indicate their efficacy.

m̄ cai i sĭ sí a sí ûah;

do not know whether he is dead of a live.

bōi ûah;

it will not live.

ŏi ûah; i ûah tŏ̤ kò̤;

it is alive.

ûah-ûah lîah lâi phah sí;

take him alive and beat him to death.

cheⁿ ûah;

live and active.

hôk-ûah;

to revive.

hwn-ûah khí lâi;

to come to life again.

ûah sîn;

a god that takes cognizance of things.

ûah hût;

a living Buddha; a merciful, generous man.

sĭ ûah jī a sĭ sí jī?

Is it a verb or a noun?

cí-kâi chn̂g-mīn àiⁿ cò̤ ngĕ kâi a ûah kâi?

Do you the top of the table fixed to the standard, or made so that it can be taken off?

i khì kàu àiⁿ sí àiⁿ ûah;

he is so angry that he will die rather than yield the point.

i cang cam kang tó̤ tō ûah;

she lives by her needle.

khùaⁿ-ûah;

comfortable.

ûah-tăng;

active, lively.

tôk-ûah;

a kind of angelica root.

i cìeⁿ-seⁿ tàⁿ sĭ m̄-hó̤ î-ûah kâi;

having said that he cannot slip out of it.

i sĭ m̄ cai sí ûah ā! He is unaware that he is in great danger there! i kâi nâng ûah-phuah căi;

she is a very bustling body.

ûah nêk;

the voluntary muscles.

ûah cúi cîⁿ;

current coin.

ūe kàu cū sĭ kâi ûah kâi;

drawn to the life.

cèng-lô̤h cū ûah;

it germinates as soon as it is planted.

i kâi mâk-sîn ûah căi;

the expression of her eyes is very vivacious.

ūe tîeh tàⁿ ûah, màiⁿ cn̂g kâi tàⁿ ngĕ khṳ̀;

make your speech somewhat ambiguous and do not put all your statements in such shape that you cannot recede from them.