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

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壆

• Hard and crisp; solid; dense.

• cîah tîeh tōiⁿ-nòiⁿ tōiⁿ-nòiⁿ nē;

  in eating it, it seems very firm-fleshed.

• pû lío cong-kú tōiⁿ-nòiⁿ;

  after being cooked it continues very hard.

• mông tîeh hṳ́ tói ŏi tōiⁿ-nòiⁿ;

  can feel a hard lump inside.

蓮

• The lotus, the flower consecrated to Buddha.

• nôiⁿ hue;

  the lotus or water-lily, of which there are many varieties.

• nôiⁿ ci, nôiⁿ ki, nôiⁿ hieh, nôiⁿ kău;

  the seeds, stems, leaves and roots of the lotus.

• nôiⁿ kng;

  a large jar in which water-lilies are grown.

• so nôiⁿ;

  the dwarf lotus.

• n̂g nôiⁿ;

  yellow lilies.

• hṳ̂ nôiⁿ;

  ground lilies.

• tôk-kha nôiⁿ;

  a plant like the arum.

• nôiⁿ-hue hah, nôiⁿ chīu;

  petals and stamens of the lotus.

• nôiⁿ tî;

  a lotus pond.

• hŵn lâu i kâi nôiⁿ pō;

  still detain her from departing.

• nôiⁿ pō;

  a lady-like gait.

• nôiⁿ pô;

  the seed-pod of the lotus.

荔

• The lichi, a fruit found in Southern China.

• nôiⁿ-kúe; nôi-kúaiⁿ;

  the lichi.

• cù hût nôiⁿ-kúaiⁿ;

  tho small-seeded lichi.

• o hîeh nôiⁿ-kúaiⁿ;

  the dark foliaged lichi.

• nôiⁿ kúaiⁿ kuaⁿ;

  dried lichis.

• hŏng hue nôiⁿ-kúaiⁿ;

  tho thick-rinded yellow lichi.

菱

• An aquatic vegetable.

• nôiⁿ-kak;

  the water caltrop, or buffalo horn, whose fruit is eaten.

• nôiⁿ-kak tî;

  a pool in which the water caltrop grows.

• tiah kúi lîap cheⁿ nôiⁿ-kak lâi cîah;

  pick a few water caltrops to eat.

栜

• A tree bearing lilac flowers, the melia azederach*, or Pride of India.

• kho-nōiⁿ chīu;

  the Pride of India tree.

踹

• To set the heel upon and grind down; to tread upon.

• cang kha lâi nōiⁿ;

  set the foot upon and destroy.

• nōiⁿ cò̤ nêk-cìeⁿ;

  trampled to a jelly.