Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/un

by Adele Marion Fielde

un

• 溫un1040859
• Mild, placid, gentle, soothing, bland, genial, warm; tepid; to revive; acquainted with.

i kâi sèⁿ-chêng un-hûa căi;

her disposition is very amiable.

cò̤-sṳ̄ un-un hûa-hûa;

acts very benignly.

cía cĭ un-hûa kâi îeh;

this is a sedative medicine.

un cṳ;

to review lessons.

kū kâi un sêk cū ŏi cai sin kâi;

learn the old thoroughly, then you can understand the new.

thiⁿ-sî un-hûa;

the weather is mild.

nŏ̤ nâng tó̤ sŭ hâng un, sŭ cêk kùa;

the two were chatting about the weather, for a whole half day.

cí kúi jît kâi thiⁿ-khì un-lẃn;

the weather is delightful these last few days.

• 瘟un104010410
• A pestilential or wide-spread sickness; an epidemic.

un-mût;

a plague, a murrain, a prevailing sickness.

gû-un;

murrain.

tîeh gû-un;

have rinderpest.

tîeh tṳ-un;

have a disease prevailing among hogs.

un kàu sí tīo ho̤h cōi nâng;

spread so that great numbers of people died of it.

cí kâi tī-hng tăi un;

this region is stricken with a plague.

cí kúi īeⁿ îeh ŏi tī un-mût kâi pēⁿ;

these medicines will cure epidemic diseases.

• 我們ún627
• We, excluding the one addressed.

sĭ ún kâi, m̄ sĭ nín kâi;

it is ours, not yours.

ún kâi kui-kṳ́ sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

such are our customs.

lṳ́ thóiⁿ ún-kâi hó̤, a in-kâi hó̤?

Which do you think the better, theirs or ours?

tiang-sî lâi ún kò̤ cŏ̤;

come and sit with us sometimes.

pó̤-hō̤ ún;

bless us.

cún ún khîu;

grant our petition.

ún cèng nâng àiⁿ lâi co̤h lṳ́ kâi kang;

we are all coming to work for you.

• 穩ún104211514
• Firm, steady, stable, secure, immovable, well-placed; to rest in.

uaⁿ-ún căi;

very stable.

i khĭa m̄ ún;

it does not stand firmly.

nĕ ún-ún;

very stable.

cŏ̤ lô̤h khṳ̀ ún-ún;

sits very securely.

ún-tàng;

safe, secure, firm, steadfast.

chn̂g m̄ ún, khîeh kò̤ mûeh lâi soih;

the table does not stand firmly, get something and wedge under it.

pàng m̄ ún;

it is not steadfast when set in place.

châu kàu i ún-ún;

move it to and fro until you get it unto a position where it stands firmly.

i kīn-khek ún cîah ún chēng;

she has now secured what she needs for food and clothing.

cĭeⁿ lô̤h ún-tǹg;

go up and down in safety.

ún-ún tǹg-tǹg kâi sṳ̄;

a perfectly safe business.

kio i sṳ̆-lí kàu ún-ún tàng-tàng;

arrange it for him so that it will be perfecly secure.

• 晩ún1038727
• Late; latter; the last.

ún-kùe kâi tang kèng hó̤;

the crop gathered at the last harvest of the year is the better of the two.

ún tang kâi chek îaⁿ kùe cá tang;

the paddy of the second crop of the year is better than that of the first crop.

ún bí ío ńng, cá bí ío ngĕ;

the rice of the last harvest of the year is mellower than that of the first harvest.

• 搵ùn10426410
• To dip, to immerse; to thrust into fluid and at once lift out.

ùn cṳ́i;

dip it in water.

ùn îu;

dipped in oil.

ùn tîeh tāu-cìeⁿ hó̤, a ùn-tîeh chò hó̤?

Is it best to sip it in bean-catsup or in vinegar?

• 勻ûn1142202
• Equal; even, alike; to allot; to share equally.

tîeh pun khṳ̀ kṳn-ûn;

must divide it in equal shares.

kut nêk thêng-ûn;

his bones and flesh are well proportioned.

cí cîk tîeⁿ kháu khṳ̀ pí cĭeⁿ tîeⁿ m̄ ûn-cēng;

this class did not equal the preceding one in the examination.

ûn ûn ŭ;

have them in about the same quantity at all times.

lâk tîeh chut ûn-ûn;

put forth your efforts steadily, not by fits and starts.

i kâi khang-khùe ío ûn;

he works steadily all the time.

• 云ûn114272
• To say, to speak.

nâng ûn īa ûn;

what people say so I say.

• 焚ûn130868
• To burn; to set on fire; to consume to ashes.

ûn hieⁿ;

burn incense.

ûn hieⁿ-châ;

burn fragrant woods.

ûn hieⁿ thah;

burn pagodas made of incense sticks.

cang húe khṳ̀ ûn tīo;

take fire and burn it up.

ûn cúa-cîⁿ;

burn spirit-money.

taⁿ cē cho-khng lâi ûn cíu;

bring chaff and burn it around the jars to heat up the whiskey and make it ferment.

• 韻ūn114318010
• Sounds which rhyme in their tone as well as their termination; the final word or rhyme; tone.

ap ūn;

to make rhymes.

si ūn;

couples.

cí kâi si ŭ kâi ap phêⁿ ūn, ŭ kâi ap ceh ūn;

in these stanzas, some of the rhymes are in the even tones, and some are in the other tones.

si sĭ poit ūn a sĭ lâk ūn?

Have the verses sixteen lines with the alternate lines rhyming, or have they twelve lines containing six rhymes?

ŭ cêk kâi jī ap chut ūn;

one final letter does not form a perfect rhyme with the others.

cí kâi ūn ap lâi m̄ ún;

this rhyme is not rythmical.

cí kâi jī tŏ̤ tī kâi ūn kha?

Where does this letter stand among authorized rhymes?

úa ŭ cêk pang kíam-ūn;

I have a book of authorized rhymes.

m̄ hâh ūn;

discordant; incompatible.

bô mih im-ūn;

not rythmical.

cí kâi im-ūn hó̤ căi;

its rythm is perfect.

cí kâi jī phêⁿ ceh ūn thong ēng;

in this the rhymes are made without regard to tones.

• 運ūn11441629
• To turn in a circuit; to move in an orbit; to travel around; to carry from place to place; a circuit; what is done in succession, as the course of nature; a turn; a chance; calculations or a conjunction, as in a horoscope; luck; hap; a chapter of accidents; a period of five or ten years.

ciu jît thong sin kâi kṳn kut tîeh ŭ ūn-tŏng cìaⁿ hó̤;

it is best that the bone and muscles of the whole body should all be exercise during the day.

i kâi ūn-khì hó̤;

his luck is good.

ke ūn;

the fortunes of a family.

kâi ke ūn tó̤ heng;

the prospects of the household are improving.

ūn bí nîe;

transport grain.

cía nîe àiⁿ ūn kàu tī-kò̤?

Where is this grain to be carried?

sĭ ēng cûn lâi ūn a sĭ ēng chia lâi ūn?

Is it transported in boats or in carts?

ūn nîe kâi kuaⁿ;

an officier superintending the transport of grain.

ūn-hô̤ sĭ in-ūi àiⁿ ūn nîe kâi sṳ̄ khui kâi;

the Grand Canal was opened for the transport of the grain which is the revenue derived from the tax on land.

i tó̤ cò̤ châu-ūn cóng-tok;

he is the Imperial Commissioner directing the transport of the grain which is the revenue of the government.

kin-nî kau kùe cí kâi ūn;

this year there is a turn in affairs.

kau ūn;

a contingency arose.

thut ūn;

a change of luck.

kwn-hĭ cí-kò̤ kâi tī ūn;

involved in the luck of the locality.

i cí kúi nî m̄ sĭ jī ūn;

he has had no luck these many years.

tī-tiang-sî cìaⁿ cĭeⁿ ūn?

When shall we get through this unlucky period and reach a more fortunate one?

i câp hùe cìaⁿ cĭeⁿ ūn;

he will reach a point where luck changes when he is ten years old.

i kâi ūn hăng hó̤ mē?

Do the conjunctions in his horoscope indicate luck?

tâh tîeh ūn;

stumbled upon luck.

lîu-nî kâi ūn-hăng hó̤ khiap lóng-cóng phōi mêng;

the conjunctions both good and ill in his horoscope as the years run on, are all clearly set forth.

khṳ̀ ūn i a-pĕ kâi kĭu tńg-lâi;

went and brought home his father's encoffined corpse.

i tó̤ cò̤ hái ūn;

he is engaged in transporting grain by sea.

ūn îam;

transport salf.

îam ūn hun-si;

the Salt Commissioner.

cí hùe-mûeh sĭ îu gūa-hái ūn lâi, a sĭ îu lăi hô̤ ūn lâi?

Are these goods brought by sea, or through the inland streams?