A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect (汕頭方言音義字典) / maⁿ

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1. 1. 犘

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媽

• A waiting woman.

• kang-maⁿ;

  a nurse, a maid-servant.

• phûa maⁿ;

  a duenna.

**顢預](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/顢預)maⁿ-hu575

• Careless; remiss; slovenly; negligent; perfunctory; cursory.

• cò̤ sṳ̄ ma-hu;

  does things in a very cursory way; slights his work.

• i cò̤ sṳ̄ to sĭ ma-ma hu-hu;

  whatever he does he produces very unsatisfactory results.

犘

• maⁿ-gû;

  the yak, an animal found in Thibet and Western China.

媽

• An old woman; a grandmother.

• lăi máⁿ, gūa máⁿ;

  paternal and maternal grandmothers.

• lău máⁿ;

  grandfather’s mother.

• gūa lău máⁿ;

  grandmother’s mother.

• i kong máⁿ;

  grandparents.

• thài máⁿ;

  venerable lady.

**瑪瑙](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/瑪瑙)máⁿ-láu617

• A general name for veined stones, such as opal, cornelian, agate, onyx and jasper.

• kim tah lío ēng maⁿ-láu gē lâi gē;

  when you have overlaid it with gold-leaf, then take the smoothing stone and polish it.