# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ngo
### ngongo

* 五ngó106072
* A complete number; the whole of a kind.

#### ngó kak;

    all sorts of grain.

#### phōiⁿ cêk hù ngó-seⁿ khṳ̀ pài sîn;

    prepare the full comple ​ment of dressed animal carcasses to offer to the gods.

#### cêk hù ngó-kúe tîh;

    a set of fruit dishes.

#### ūe cò̤ ngó hok;

    paint the five bats in different positions.

#### ngó căng lâk hú;

    all the internal organs.
* 伍ngó106194
* Men arranged by fives; a file of soldiers; a squad, a company; a comrade; to associate with.

#### hâng-ngó;

    rank and file; in regular files.

#### pái tūi-ngó chut lâi ngêng-cih;

    paraded & company out, to meet and welcome.

#### i sĭ hâng-ngó chut sin, îaⁿ ngó kâi sṳ̄ i sêk;

    he rose from the ranks, and is familiar with camp life.

#### ngŏ nâng ûi ngó;

    five men form a sqaad.

#### sío-lí kio i téng-ngó;

    ashamed to be in the same company with him.
* 午ngó1061242
* Midday; south.

#### jît-thâu tng ngó;

    the sun is on the meridian; it is just noon.

#### cīeⁿ ngó, ĕ ngó;

    forenoon and afternoon.

#### jît íⁿ-keng kùe ngó;

    the sun has already past the zenith.

#### cîah ngó pn̄g ău cū lâi;

    will come after the midday meal.

#### cŏ̤ hìang sĭ cìaⁿ cṳ́-ngó;

    it sets due north and south.

#### tong ngó;

    midday.

#### ngó sîah;

    a midday banquet.
* 偶ngó62699
* An image; a pair, a match, a mate; as an adverb, unpremeditatedly, accidentally.

#### ngó-sìeⁿ;

    images; idols; a statue.

#### pài ngó-sìeⁿ;

    worship idols.

#### ngó-ngŏ̤ sĭeⁿ tîeh;

    happened to think of it.

#### cía sĭ ngó-jîen kâi sṳ̄;

    this is a matter of course.

#### ngó-jṳ́ thóiⁿ-kìⁿ;

    chanced to see it.

#### i tŏ̤ sìo nî cū sit ngó;

    he lost his mate in early life.
* 忤ngó1063614
* Disobedient; intractable; froward.

#### ngó-ngêk;

    headstrong ; stiff in holding to one’s opinions, especially against superiors.

#### ngó tîeh i kâi ì;

    go against his wishes.

#### hàu-sŭn hŵn seⁿ hàu-sŭn kíaⁿ, ngó-ngêk hŵn seⁿ ngŏ-ngêk jî;

    the filial have filial children, the froward have froward sons.
* 藕ngó62614015
* The large rootstalk of the Nelumbrium, used for food.

#### ngŏ hún;

    arrowroot.

#### ngó-cak;

    roots of the water-lily.
* 五ngŏ106072
* Five.

#### tŏiⁿ ngŏ;

    the fifth.

#### ngŏ gûeh;

    the fifth month.

#### ngŏ peh ngŏ câp ngŏ;

    five hundred and fifty-five.

#### chiu ngŏ;

    the fifth day of the month.

#### jîh-ngŏ;

    twenty-five.

#### peh lâng ngŏ;

    a hundred and five.

#### ngŏ choiⁿ lâng-lâng ngŏ; ngŏ khàng-khàng ngŏ;

    five thousand and five.

#### ngŏ ngŏ jĭ-câp-ngŏ;

    five times five are twenty-five.

#### ngŏ kìⁿ ngŏ;

    once five is five.

#### jĭ ngŏ, cìn it câp;

    twice five are ten.

#### saⁿ ngŏ it-câp-ngŏ;

    thrice five are fifteen.

#### ngŏ kṳn ngŏ níe;

    five pounds and five ounces.

#### câp-ngŏ phāng thiaⁿ;

    a main room, having fifteen rows of tiles in its roof.

#### ngŏ koiⁿ kùe, thiaⁿ li jîh-ngŏ phāng;

    five rooms in a row, the central one being the main room, with twenty-five rows of tiles in its roof.
* 午ngŏ1061242
* The seventh of the twelve stems, symbolized by the horse.

#### ngŏ sî;

    from 11 o'clock A.M. to 1 o'clock P.M.

#### thóiⁿ sî-ceng li sĭ ngŏ sî cho̤;

    it is just eleven by the clock.

#### ngŏ sî tong;

    just noon.

#### ngŏ sî búe;

    nearly one o'clock.

#### kah ngŏ nî;

    a year that is first in the cycle of ten, and seventh in the cycle of twelve.

#### keⁿ ngŏ gûeh;

    a month that is the seventh in the cycle of ten and seventh in the cycle of twelve.

#### píaⁿ ngŏ jît;

    a day that is the third in the cycle of ten and seventh in the cycle of twelve.
* 仵ngŏ106194

#### ngŏ-co̤h;

    certain persons attached to the courts, whose decision at inquests is relied on, and their report taken; the term is also applied to those who enshroud the dead.

#### sí nâng cáu m̄ kùe ngŏ-coh chíu;

    the dead cannot escape the hands of the coroners.