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

To spill, to scatter about.
cía bí tâng hṳ́-kò̤ sua-îa kàu cí-kò̤ lâi;

the rice has been scattered all the way from there here.
put hó̤, màiⁿ sua-îa cêk koiⁿ;

take it up carefully and do not let it drop through your hands and scatter around.
sua-îa ŵn khṳ̀;

all spilled oat.
khîeh kâi mûeh khṳ̀ chō̤, cìaⁿ bŏi sua-sua îa-îa;

take something to hold it, then it will not be scattered around.

沙

Sand, gravel, pebbles, shingle; reefs, banks; granulated, as sugar; gritty; broken fine; friable and mealy, as fruit; frequenting sand banks and beaches; a sandy, brown, or gray color.
chiah sua thn̂g;

coarse dry brown sugar.
sua-thâng;

a grub.
i kâi mīn pōiⁿ kàu cū sĭ sua-thâng khòi;

his face is as spotted as if it had been nibbled by grubs.
tōa lîap kâi sua-bó̤;

large pebbles.
àiⁿ kap jîeh cōi sua lô̤h khṳ̀?

How much sand should be mixed in?
cía bí seⁿ sua;

this rice is gritty.
tôa tīo sua;

rinse out the sand.
sua-thô̤ eng cêk koiⁿ;

there is earth scattered all over the place.
hue-sua-thô;

mortar.
mâk eng tîeh sua;

have got some sand in my eyes.
cang sua lâi chìu;

scour it with sand.
sua-pà;

sand banks.
cîah tîeh sua nē;

it tastes very mealy.
sua-cîh;

a spit of sand.
sua tî; sua céⁿ;

a pool with a sandy bottom.
cia cúi nah-sap; tîeh cang sua lâi tè kùe;

this water is dirty, and it must be filtered through sand.
sua-mûiⁿ;

fine sand.
sua ue;

an unglazed earthen pot.
i tó̤ līen-phah sua-pau;

he is practicing boxing upon sand bags.
tōa sua-bô̤-thâu;

large smooth pebbles.
sua-iu kâi tī;

sandy land.
chio sua;

mix in sand.
cang sua lâi ìm;

cover it over with sand.
pó̤-sua-hún;

emery powder.
seⁿ sua êng;

it is dusty.
cí bó châng teh sua.
teh jîeh clim;

this field is covered with sand to a considerable depth.
pua lío, pua cò̤ kâi sua-tun;

carry it off in baskets, and thus make a sand heap.

痧

Cholera.
cí’-hûe sĭ tîeh sua kâi īeⁿ; hó̤ hàm kâu nâng kio i phah sua;

he now appears as if he had cholera, it will be well to call some one to combat the disease by maniplation.
kueh sua;

to scarify for cholera.
ká-tn̂g sua;

Asiatic cholera.
sua îⁿ;

pills for cholera.
tîeh sua m̄ hó̤ cîah sie kâi mûeh;

when one has cholera he should not take hot things.
si sua îeh;

dispense remedies for cholera.
tîeh kín sua;

have an accute attack of cholera.

鯊

The dragon-fly.
âng sua-me;

a bright dragon-fly.
sua-me-nîe;

a small brilliant dragon-fly.
toa chùi sua-me;

the big headed dragon-fly.
kâi sua-me tó̤ cèng thiⁿ-tang-tek;

to stand on one’s head.
nih sua-me khṳt a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ thit-thô̤;

catch a dragon-fly for the children to play with.
sua-me hiah lî;

a dragon-fly lit on the hedge; to place the body in an attitude like that of a dragon-fly perched on a hedge.

徙

To move one’s abode; to shift one’s things from one place to another.
î-súa khṳ̀ lío;

has moved away.
chien-súa tŏ̤ tī-kò̤?

Where has he moved to?
cìeⁿ pôiⁿ súa kùe hìeⁿ pôiⁿ;

move from this side to the other side.
súa tī-hng;

change the location of.
má-sṳ̆ kâi hâng-phò lóng-cóng súa jîp sùaⁿ-thâu;

the Double Island warehouses are all removed to Swatow.
súa theh bûang chi;

to change one’s abode, and forget to take the wife along; absent minded.

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