# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/aⁿ
### aⁿ

* 掩aⁿ1088648
* To cover; to hide from view; to screen.

#### aⁿ mâk;

    to hoodwink.

#### aⁿ mâk cáu tìam;

    "hide and seek."

#### aⁿ mâk, phìen phīⁿ;

    to throw dust in one's eyes; to thoroughly deceive.

#### aⁿ nâng kâi chùi, aⁿ căi tit mi?

    How can people's mouths be stopped?

#### aⁿ mīn;

    hide the face.

#### aⁿ hĭⁿ;

    cover the ears with the hands.

#### aⁿ phīⁿ;

    hold the nose.

#### kúi aⁿ mâk;

    preternaturally blind.

#### aⁿ m̄ cŭ;

    not effectually closed.

#### chit phìⁿ aⁿ m̄ cŭ;

    all the doors are not simultaneously shut.

#### aⁿ mi-mi, bô̤ nâng cai;

    concealed from every body's cognizance, aⁿ m̄ lī; irrepressible.
* 擁àⁿ11496418
* To hold in the arms or lap; to snuggle.

#### àⁿ a-nôⁿ;

    snuggle a baby.

#### àⁿ i tó̤ ût;

    rock him to sleep.

#### tîeh àⁿ i, cìaⁿ ŏi ût;

    you must snuggle him then he will sleep.

#### àⁿ hó̤-hó̤, màiⁿ kiaⁿ tîeh i;

    hold him nicely, and do not startle him.

#### àⁿ tŏ̤ sin piⁿ;

    hugged close.

#### àⁿ kàu sie-sie;

    cuddled up warm.
* 伏àⁿ15294
* To sit on eggs, to incubate; to hover over; to lie perdue.

#### koi-bó̤ àⁿ koi-kíaⁿ;

    the hen covers the chickens.

#### àⁿ tŏ̤ i sît ĕ;

    covered under her wings.

#### koi-bó̤ tó̤ àⁿ n̆ng;

    the hen is sitting.

#### ēng àⁿ jîeh kú cìaⁿ ŏi chut koi-kíaⁿ?

    How long must she sit in order to hatch out the chickens?

#### n̆ng khah cōi, ŏi àⁿ m̄ câu a bŏi?

    If there be too many eggs, won't they fail to be uniformly warmed by her sitting on them?

#### khîeh kâi ah-n̆ng khṳt i àⁿ;

    get a duck's egg and put it under her.
* 勸âⁿ4531818
* To exhort to peace; to separate those who are fighting; to part combatants.

#### īa m̄ sĭ i lâi âⁿ, tîeh khṳt i phah sí khṳ̀;

    if he had not come and separated us, I should have been beaten to death by him.

#### i lâi âⁿ i khui;

    he came and separated them.

#### bô̤ nâng khéng khṳ̀ âⁿ i;

    no one would go and interfere in the fray.

#### i kìe-sĭ i âⁿ phiⁿ, kŭa khṳ̀ âⁿ kâi nâng to khṳt i phah;

    he complains that he evinced partiality in his interference, taking hold of one in such a way as to let the other beat him.

#### âⁿ m̄ chái;

    paid no heed to the attempt to make them stop fighting.
* 疻ăⁿ571045
* A bruise; a swelling caused by a blow or knock which does not break the skin.

#### céng kâi ăⁿ khí lâi; phû kâi ăⁿ;

    a swelling arose. ​

#### pûah kàu kâi ăⁿ;

    fell and bumped it so that it swelled up.

#### cŭang kàu kâi ăⁿ;

    bumped it and caused it to swell.

#### cí kâi ăⁿ sĭ khṳt nâng phah tîeh a sĭ cŭang tîeh?

    Is this swelling caused by a blow or by a bump?

#### kâi ăⁿ, o-cheⁿ kek hueh;

    a black and blue swelling.
* 餡āⁿ2021848
* The fruit or meat filling in pastry; the core of cakes or dumplings.

#### tîam āⁿ;

    sweet pies.

#### kîam āⁿ;

    cakes filled with hashed meat and vegetables.

#### pau āⁿ kai píaⁿ;

    cakes having a stuffing of fruit, etc.

#### tāu-sa ⁿāⁿ;

    a core of mashed beans.

#### sò̤-tāu āⁿ;

    a core made of bean flour.

#### cût-bí āⁿ;

    a core of glutinous rice.

#### tṳ-nêk āⁿ;

    a core of hashed pork.

#### lêk-tāu āⁿ;

    a core of green peas.

#### kúe āⁿ; píaⁿ āⁿ;

    the stuffing in cakes.

#### hṳ́ tói pau āⁿ;

    there is stuffing enclosed in it.

#### bô̤ āⁿ kâi pau, kìe-cò̤ sît-sim pau;

    dumplings that have no stuffing are called solid dumplings.

#### āⁿ pau khah pá;

    there is too much stuffing in the dumpling.

#### āⁿ bōi pá;

    there is too little stuffing.

#### phûe khah pô̤h, i kâi āⁿ cū kiuh chut lâi;

    if the paste is too thin the filling will burst out.