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

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勿

• An adverb of negation.

• àiⁿ thóiⁿ hó̤ thóiⁿ, màiⁿ thăng;

  look at it if you want to, but do not touch it.

• màiⁿ khṳ̀ tiaⁿ tîeh i;

  do not give it the slightest touch.

• màiⁿ tàⁿ kèng hó̤;

  it is better to say nothing about it.

• màiⁿ mûeh nap-sap;

  do not soil it.

• màiⁿ cak i;

  don’t disturb him.

埋

• To bury; to secrete; to conceal; to cover over; to harbour; to lay up.

• mâiⁿ-cǹg;

  to inter in a grave.

• mâiⁿ tŏ̤ thô tói;

  bury in the ground.

• mâiⁿ mîaⁿ mît sèⁿ;

  to conceal one’s name.

• cē kú cū mâiⁿ mût khṳ̀;

  after a lapse of time, it decays in the soil in which it lies.

• mâiⁿ-ẁn i;

  hold a grudge against him.

• mâiⁿ-hôk ŭ piaⁿ-bé, tó̤ táng i;

  dispose troops in ambush to lie in wait for him.

• siu-mâiⁿ ko-lô;

  gather up and inter old human bones.

邁

• To wax old; senile; aged.

• nî măiⁿ kâi nâng;

  one advanced in years.

• taⁿ cē láu-măiⁿ le, to bô̤ ēng;

  am now old and useless.