# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ah
### ah

* 押ah1068645
* To forcibly escort; to guard; to convoy.

#### ah nîe;

    to convoy the grain belonging to government.

#### ah cāi;

    guard a cargo.

#### ah hùe-mûeh;

    to convoy goods.

#### ah hŭam-jîn;

    act as escort to a criminal.

#### ah-kòi;

    to escort.

#### kam-ah i khṳ̀ cò̤;

    compel him to go and do it.

#### ah i tŏ̤ che-kẃn;

    watch him while detained in the lockup.

#### kẃn-ah i m̄ cŭ;

    cannot keep him in custody.
* 鴨ah10681965
* A duck; any species of the genus Anser$^*$.

#### ah-bó̤;

    a duck.

#### ah-hêng;

    a drake.

#### ah-kíaⁿ;

    a duckling.

#### ah-n̆ng;

    ducks' eggs.

#### chī ah;

    to rear ducks, jīo ah; tend ducks.

#### ún ah-kíaⁿ;

    to hatch ducks' eggs artificially.

#### cúi ah;

    wild ducks.

#### sie ah;

    roast duck.

#### ah khûn;

    flocks of ducks.

#### kîam ah-n̆ng;

    salt ducks' eggs.

#### cíⁿ ah;

    a young duck.

#### lău ah-bó̤;

    an old duck.

#### ah-pó;

    dried ducks.

#### ah ûang;

    the mandarin duck.

#### hwn ah;

    the muscovy duck.

#### chài ah;

    the common duck.

#### pùaⁿ chài hwn ah;

    a half-breed.

#### ah bĭ;

    a toy duck.

#### pêh tŭn ah;

    a sodden duck.

#### sîeⁿ sien ah;

    a whole boiled duck.

#### ah cíeⁿ;

    a conserve made of the flesh of ducks' feet.

#### kîam ah kṳ̆n;

    salt duck gizzards.

#### ah ăm;

    a certain sort of confectionery.

#### ló ah;

    pickled duck.

#### khàm ah;

    minced duck.

#### ah-bun-sún;

    a duck stew.

#### ah keⁿ;

    a pottage made of meats and vegetables.

#### hō̤ pau ah;

    a duck filled with stuffing.

#### ah tôi;

    a duck's foot.

#### ah tôi kha;

    splay-footed.

#### ah-cîh;

    a duck's bill.

#### ngṳ̂n ah-cîh;

    a silver clasp shaped like a duck's bill.

#### ah-cîh ăm-nía;

    a long collar with tabs.

#### ah-cîh chieⁿ;

    a bayonet.

#### ah-cîh cháu;

    a weed with leaves shaped like a duck's bill.

#### ah sái lêk;

    a dark mottled green.

#### ah mô̤ⁿ sìⁿ;

    a ducks' feather fan.

#### ah-kíaⁿ thiaⁿ lûi;

    a duckling listening to thunder; one who hears what he cannot understand.

#### jû kúaⁿ ah cêk puaⁿ;

    like driven ducks.

#### ah-kíaⁿ chut sì bô̤ pĕ-bô̤;

    ducklings are born orphans.

#### ah-bó̤ seⁿ cin-cu;

    the duck that lays pearls.

#### ah-kuaⁿ thâh pûaⁿ-thâu;

    the duck's liver is put on the top of the dish.

#### gô̤ kîaⁿ, ah pō;

    waddles like a duck.

#### lêh pêh ah;

    to slay a dead duck; i.e. to kill a man for the sake of imputing his murder to another.

#### lîah khṳ̀ théng ah-pó;

    to crucify, the allusion being to the manner of stretching ducks upon splints in drying them.

#### koi heng ah ka-ciah, mín thàn cĭu ŭ cîah;

    one with a breast like a hen's and a back like a duck's, has food without earning it.

#### ah-n̆ng pū kú ŏi ih chùi;

    a long covered duck's egg will hatch out.

#### cúi ah ŏi cíoⁿ keⁿ;

    the wild ducks station a sentinel.

#### ah chùi àⁿ cò̤ îⁿ, koi chùi àⁿ cò̤ píⁿ;

    make it appear by argument that a duck's bill is round and a hen's bill is flat.

#### ah ku;

    a stunted duck; a runt.

#### ah-kíaⁿ thiu huang;

    the duckling has the pip.