# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/bue
### bue

* 尾búe1051444
* The end; the tail; the hindmost.

#### nî búe;

    the end of the year.

#### gûeh búe;

    the last of the month.

#### khí-thâu kàu suah-búe;

    from beginning to end.

#### ŭ cêk ki búe;

    it has a tail.

#### cûn búe;

    the stern of a boat.

#### cêk búe hṳ̂;

    one fish.

#### cêk búe chôiⁿ;

    a silk worm.

#### búe ŏi kiu; búe ŏi khìo;

    its tail turns up.

#### khut búe;

    draws in his tail.

#### îe búe;

    to wag the tail.

#### búe ŏi ciam;

    has a pointed tail.

#### chân thâu, chân búe;

    the two ends of a rice field.

#### ŭ thâu búe;

    systematically arranged.

#### bô̤ thâu bô̤ búe;

    without methed.

#### cò̤ sṳ̄ màiⁿ bô̤ bùe;

    finish up the things you do.

#### síu búe siang kù;

    reciprocal regard between leader and follower.

#### m̄ cai thâu búe;

    does not know the ins and outs of the matter.

#### m̄ hó̤ ùi síu; ùi búe;

    do not be apprehensive about that matter.

#### khṳ̀ kàu hṳ̀ búe-búe;

    go to the extreme end.

#### kío-búe kâi kíaⁿ;

    the youngest child.

#### kío-búe-ău;

    the very hindmost.

#### búe ău;

    in the rear.

#### lêng hûiⁿ búe;

    a pendant cloud.

#### sìo búe;

    the balance of an account.

#### cîⁿ búe;

    an unpaid remainder.

#### khang-khùe búe;

    remnant of work.

#### sńg lío kâi búe;

    the consequence of a frolic.

#### pit búe;

    the point of a pencil.

#### sam búe;

    the small end of a log.

#### chīu búe;

    the top of a tree.

#### câh thâu, câh búe;

    intercept at both ends.

#### cah thâu, cah búe;

    lift at both ends.

#### hāng thâu hāng búe;

    the head and the foot of a lane.

#### cêk phau búe;

    a tail bushy at the end.

#### cò̤ kúi ki búe;

    having several pendant ends.

#### búe lu-lu;

    a blunt end.

#### cam búe;

    the point of a needle.

#### thûh búe cam;

    a blunt needle.

#### cam thâu sùaⁿ búe;

    remnants of thread left in the needle.

#### kàu hṳ̀ búe jû tōa;

    it is bigger at the other end.

#### pit búe khui soi;

    the point of the brush is bristly.

#### piⁿ búe so̤h;

    the coarse silk braided into the queue.

#### chíu-búe ngân;

    his fingers are cold.

#### kha búe;

    the lower extremities.

#### pàng tō̤ mîn-chn̂g kha búe;

    put it there at the foot of the bed.

#### cí kĭaⁿ sĭ móng nâng pàng tīo kâi chíu búe;

    this is a relict of a certain person.

#### kín kùe huang búe lûi;

    fiercer than a final clap of thunder.

#### hĭⁿ búe thiaⁿ-kìⁿ;

    just caught the sound of it.

#### mâk búe thóiⁿ-kìⁿ;

    caught a glimpse of it.

#### tùe i kâi chùi búe tàⁿ;

    repeat it after him.

#### ēng kàu hú búe jú hó̤;

    it will be better when it is nearly used up.

#### khó thâu màiⁿ khó búe;

    take the hardship at the beginning, and not have it to endure at the end.

#### kù thâu kù búe;

    consider it on all sides.

#### cîh búe seⁿ chṳ;

    has festers on the end of his tongue.

#### hŭ-jîn hùe kâi ău-táu búe;

    the lower part of a woman's coiffure, at the back of her head.

#### huang-thai búe;

    the end of a tyfoon.
* 黴bûe58520311
* Mildew.

#### chĭeⁿ bûe;

    mildewed.

#### m̄ cai phâk cĭu chĭeⁿ bûe;

    if you do not sun it, it will mildew.
* 媒bûe585389
* A go-between; a match-maker.

#### bûe-nâng;

    the go between.

#### tho̤h lṳ́ cò̤ bûe;

    entrust the making of the match to you.

#### sīa bûe-nâng;

    remunerate the go-between.

#### bûe phûa;

    an old woman who makes matches.

#### bûe-nâng chùi, chūa nâng ùi;

    whosoever follows the direction of a matchmaker goes into danger.
* 囮bûe1111314
* To decoy; to inveigle.

#### cío-bûe;

    a decoy bird; a stool pigeon.

#### cò̤ bûe;

    act as a decoy.

#### châk bô̤ bûe, pùaⁿ lō hûe;

    if the thief had no one to lead him, he would turn back when half way to his destination.
* 梅bûe584757
* Plums.

#### cêk lîap bûe;

    a plum.

#### îeⁿ-bûe;

    the arbutus, or Chinese strawberry.

#### bûe-hue;

    plum blossoms.

#### cheⁿ tek bûe;

    green plums.

#### lŏ kîam bûe;

    pickled plums.

#### bûe-pó tîam kâi a kîam kâi?

    Are these plums sweet or salt?

#### îeⁿ-bûe thien-phàu; îeⁿ-bûe chng;

    a disease of licentions people.
* 煤bûe585869
* Fossil coal; soot; embers.

#### bûe-thòaⁿ;

    fossil coal.

#### líu bûe-thòaⁿ;

    to dig coal.

#### bûe-thòaⁿ suaⁿ;

    a coal mine.

#### nín kâi lô sĭ ēng bûe-thòaⁿ a sĭ ēng húe-thòaⁿ?

    Do you use hard coal or charcoal in your stove?

#### jîem àm cū huang bûe?

    How late do you rake up the fire?

#### tun bûe-thòaⁿ;

    to store coal.
* 拳bûe452646
* The game of morra.

#### cîah cíu lío, phah bûe;

    drink wine, and then play at morra.

#### i hṳ́ cêk mêⁿ kâi cíu-bûe thàng-thàng phah su, khṳt-nâng kẁn cíu, kẁn kàu lok-lok;

    throughout that whole night he was beaten in the game of morra, and was forced to drink wine as a forfeit, until he was drenched in it.
* 脢bûe5841307
* The meat on the breast.

#### bûe-nêk;

    the brisket; the tenderloin.
* 未būe1052751
* Not yet; adverb of negation.

#### būe cêng;

    has not yet.

#### būe tīaⁿ;

    it is not yet fixed.

#### būe pit;

    it is yet uncertain.

#### būe ŭ;

    has none as yet.

#### būe cai;

    does not yet know.

#### būe ŏi;

    cannot yet do it.

#### būe hó̤;

    not yet ready.

#### būe jîen;

    is not as yet ​necessarily thus.

#### àiⁿ kàu a būe?

    Are we almost there?

#### lâi a būe?

    Has he come yet?

#### cîah pá a būe?

    Has he finished his meal yet?

#### àiⁿ khṳ̀ a būe?

    Are you going now?

#### àiⁿ khṳ̀ būe khṳ̀;

    he is just going.

#### būe jîp lîu;

    clerks about courts who are not yet promoted.