Handbook of the Swatow Vernacular/Garden

by Lim Hiong Seng

lesson XV.
garden.

花園

Hue-hn̂g

A flower garden.

草埔

Tshaú-pou

A lawn.

花

Hue

Plants or flowers.

蕊

Lúi

A bud.

月記

Guéh-kì

Rose.

香葉

Phang-hiéh

Geranium or scented leaves.

茉莉

Bák-lĩ

Jasmine.

菊花

Kek-hue

Chrysanthemum.

茶花

Tê-hue

Camellia.

蓮花

Nôiⁿ-hue

Lotus.

⿱艹麾

Moⁿ

Ferns.

莿

Chhì

Thorns.

草

Tsháu

Grass.

松樹

Sêng-chhiū

Banian.

樹枝

Chhiū-ki

A branch.

園離

Hn̂g-lî

Hedge.

地界

Tī-kài

Boundary.

鋤頭

Tṳ̂-thâu

A hoe.

糞耙

Pùn-pê

A garden-rake.

糞箕

Pùn-ki

Baskets for removing rubbish.

塗糞

Tôu-pùn

Refuse.

滑

Kút

To hoe.

種

Chèng

To plant.

扭

Liú

To dig.

白發

Péh-huat

Weeds.

欉

Tsâng

A classifier of a tree.

摘

Tiah

To pluck.

沃花個人在何處

Ak-hue--kâi-nâng tõ tî-ko?

Where is the gardener?

呌伊速速來沃花

Hàm i méⁿ-méⁿ lâi ak-hue

Tell him to look sharp and come and water the plants.

花俱皆饒饒

Hue lóng-tsóng jiôu-jîou

The plants are all dried up.

好多日無沃

Hoh-tsōi jít bô-ak

They have not been watered for several days.

有個要死了

Ũ-kâi àiⁿ-sí--lō

Some of them are withering.

此欉死了。扭丢

Chí--tsâng sí lō, liú-tiòu

This one is withered, dig it out.

在彼有䓶。着去掘丢

Tõ-hié ũ chhì, tiéh khṳ̀ kút-tiòu

There are thorns there, you must go and hoe them away.

掘了携糞箕携丢

Kút-lióu khiéh pùn-ki put-tiòu

After hoing them get baskets and remove them.

此欉花何人種個

Chí-tsâng hue tî-tiâng chèng--kâi?

Who has planted this plant here?

是我種個

Sĩ uá chèng--kâi.

I planted it.

彼欉是白發個

Hṳ́--tsâng sĩ péh-huat--kâi

That one is a weed.

白發個勿。挽丢

Péh-huat--kâi màiⁿ, mán-tiòu

I don't want any weeds, pull it up.

草埔俱皆是樹葉

Tsháu-pou lóng-tsóng sĩ chhiū-hiéh

Leaves are all over the lawn.

携糞耙去耙清潔

Khiéh pùn-pê khṳ̀ pê chheng-khih

Get the garden-rake and rake it clean.

茶花有開花或未

Tê-hue ũ khui-hue a-būe?

Have the camellias begun to blossom?

未。有蕊而已

Būe, ũ lúi tiāⁿ-tiāⁿ

No, there are only buds.

若是開伊個花是雅在

Nāⁿ-sĩ khui i kâi hue sĩ ngiá-tsãi

If the flowers blow they will be very pretty.

每明早要食着摘花擺放床頂

Pâi-mêng-khí àiⁿ-chiáh tiéh tiah-hue pái pàng tshn̂g-téng

Every morning at breakfast you must pluck some flowers and place them on the table.