Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/uaihⁿ

by Adele Marion Fielde

uaihⁿ

• 轉uâihⁿ11715911
• To alter the course; change the direction of; to veer; to shift.

tieⁿ chia uâihⁿ kùe lâi, tieⁿ chia uâihⁿ kùe khṳ̀;

one vehicle veered to the right and the other to the elft.

àiⁿ uâihⁿ tùi cìeⁿ pôiⁿ a uâihⁿ tùe hìeⁿ pôiⁿ?

Should it be turned in this direction or in that?

cûn uâihⁿ tò-tńg;

the boat has turned back.

tŏa ûaihⁿ chúa kùe tang pôiⁿ;

turn the rudder so as to steer eastward.

tōa phàu uâihⁿ kùe cē, cìaⁿ bū tit tîeh;

turn the cannon a little more to one side, then it will hit the mark.

i kâi keng ûaihⁿ kùe tò̤ chíu pôiⁿ īa ŏi sīa, uâihⁿ kùe cìaⁿ chíu pôiⁿ īa ŏi sīa;

he can shift his bow to his left hand and shoot, then shift it to his right hand and shoot again.