# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/pu
### pu

* 踢pu9031578
* To kick forward and upward.

#### kâi i pu khui cē;

    kick it and send it farther off.
* 布pù713502
* To arrange; to spead out, to publish, to make known.

#### táng i khṳ̀ pù-pái;

    wait till he has made the arrangements for it.

#### thóiⁿ i cò̤-nî pù-pái;

    see what arrangements he makes.

#### i pái-pù chut lâi lêng-ūaⁿ hó̤ thóiⁿ;

    they look better in the way in which he has arranged them.

#### táng úa kio lṳ́ pù-tì;

    wait till I arrange it for you.

#### pù-ti̤ lâi tit ngî;

    properly arranged.

#### pù-cèng-sài;

    treasurer of a province.

#### pù kàu thiⁿ-ĕ;

    made known throughout the Empire.
* 富pù148409
* Rich; wealthy; afflaent.

#### pù-kùi;

    rich and honored.

#### pù-cok;

    a competence.

#### pù-hâu;

    affluent.

#### pù ong;

    a man of means.

#### pù nâng;

    a rich man.

#### pù hŏ;

    a wealthy family.

#### nî pù, lâk khîang;

    in the prime of life and strength.

#### kó pù;

    long wealthy.

#### cho̤ pù put lî khîong ke īeⁿ;

    the newly rich cannot put away the manners of the poor.

#### pù-kùi saⁿ tō̤ huang cai ím cîah;

    after being rich for three generations, one knows how to take one's food properly.

#### pù-nâng kim o̤h táu;

    a rich man's gold is hard to barter for.

#### pù-jîo;

    rich; fertile.
* 背pù6691305
* The side opposite the edge; the back.

#### to̤ pù;

    the back of a knife.

#### hṳ̂ pù;

    the ridge along the back of a fish.

#### keng hîⁿ, keng pù;

    the string and the arch of a bow that is strung.

#### kîaⁿ keng-pù hn̆g ke hô̤h cōi lō;

    to go by the circuitous route is a much longer journey.

#### ka-to̤ pù;

    the dull edge of the blade of a pair of shears.
* 堆pû924328
* A heap; a pile.

#### húe-pû;

    a pile of refuse or rubbish ready for burning.

#### tī-kò̤ hwt húe-pû?

    Where are they burning a pile of rubbish?

#### ciang-sî tó̤ sie húe-pû sie lío jûah sí;

    at times when rubbish is being burned the heat from it is intolerable.
* 㷛pû663869
* To heat; to boil; to cook by boiling.

#### pû cho̤h kún cúi;

    heat some water to the boiling point.

#### khîeh khṳ̀ huang-lô pû ke khún-kíaⁿ;

    take it to the stove and boil it a little while longer.

#### pêh pû;

    simply boiled.
* 瓠pû222976
* A species of gourd, of which the dried shell is used for dippers and ladles.

#### pû hua;

    a square shallow wooden dipper.

#### hô-lô pû;

    the bottle gourd.

#### pû cêk kâi cêk kâi seⁿ lío tìo tŏ̤ pêⁿ tèng;

    the gourds hang one by one where they grow on the trellis.
* 捕pŭ714647
* To pursue and capture; to search for and arrest.

#### pŭ-thiaⁿ;

    superintendent of police in a sub-district magistrate's office.

#### cóng-tok kâi sûn-pŭ;

    a police-office connected with the governor's yamun.

#### bûn-sûn-pŭ, bú sûn pŭ;

    special aids to the chief provincial authorities, civil and military.

#### pŭ-hîah; pŭ khùai;

    constables.

#### chip-pŭ-kêk;

    vigilance committee.

#### phài i khṳ̀ pŭ tău;

    depute him to pursue and arrest the thieves.

#### i m̄ thong kàu pŭ;

    he has not understanding enough for the lowest official position.
* 伏pū15294
* To brood; to set on eggs; to hatch.

#### pū cĕk tàu koi-kíaⁿ;

    to hatch a nest of chickens.

#### koi-bó̤ tó̤ pū koi-kíaⁿ;

    the hen is sitting.

#### câp kâi n̆ng pū chut káu ciah;

    nine tenths of the eggs produced chickens.