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

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恰

• Seasonably; fitly; opportune.

• úa àiⁿ khṳ̀ chūe i, ngam-ngam ngŏ̤ tîeh i lâi;

  I was just going in search of him when he opportunely came.

• cìeⁿ-seⁿ kap lô̤h khṳ̀ ngam-ngam hó̤;

  that is imprinted in just the right spot.

眼

• A mortise; a notch; a nock.

• châk kâi ngám;

  chisel out a mortise.

• tio kâi ngám;

  carve out a notch.

• tàu tit lô̤h ngám;

  the tenon goes into the mortise.

• tîeh tau kau lô̤h ngam lô̤h ngam;

  fit the tenon deeply into its mortise.

• tú-tú kah-ngám kah-ngám;

  it exactly fits into the nock.

• cúa-kîⁿ tèng ka kâi ngám;

  cut a notch in the edge of the paper.

• pang piⁿ kṳ̀ kâi ngám;

  saw a notch in the edge of the board.

巖

• A cliff; a precipice; a high bank; steep; dangerous.

• suaⁿ ngâm hām lô̤h khṳ̀;

  the high ledge has caved off.

• cîeh ngâm;

  a rocky cliff.

• peh cĭeⁿ ngâm téng;

  climb the steep bank.

• cí kâi suaⁿ châm-ngâm châm-ngâm;

  this hill is very precipitous.

• ni-ngâm;

  a cancerous or hard breast.