# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ni
### ni

* 拿ni610646
* To take, to get; to bring or carry in the hand.

#### ni lâi khṳt úa;

    bring it to me.

#### lóng-cóng ni khṳ̀;

    take them all along.

#### màiⁿ thau ni thau nueh;

    do not pilfer any of it.

#### khòi m̄ cêng ni lâi;

    the deed has not been brought.
* 乳ni29857
* Milk.

#### gû-ni;

    cow's milk.

#### chī ni;

    to rear on milk.

#### cí hûe ni cūn lâi;

    the milk has just come in her breast.

#### lût gû-ni;

    to milk a cow.

#### i seⁿ ni iong, tîeh ēng sĭm-mih îeh lâi ui?

    She has a broken breast, what should be used as a remedy?

#### i kâi ni-cap khah cheng;

    her milk is too thin.

#### i kâi ni-cap lông;

    her milk is rich.
* 彌縫ní-phông589
* To set right; to patch up; to help along; to supplement the efforts of another.

#### thĕng úa lâi kio lṳ́ ní-phông kàu ŵn-chŵn;

    wait until I take hold along with you and set it completely right.

#### cía sĭ cèng nâng kio i ní-phông kâi;

    this was done in his behalf by all unitedly.

#### jw̆n ní-phông, ní-phông m bûa;

    however much we try to reconcile the difficulty, there seems to be no way of compassing it.

#### tăi-ke phêng-íu hùe cài lâi kâi i ní-phông, bú-pit àiⁿ ní-phông kàu sêng;

    let all his friends again take hold and help him, and they will surely bring it to pass this time.

#### sie-hŭ ní-phông;

    help rectify the blunder.
* 染ní286755
* To dye; to color.

#### ní phò;

    a dyer's shop.

#### àiⁿ ní cò̤ kang-cheⁿ kâi;

    wish to have it dyed brown.

#### i tó̤ khui ní pâng;

    he has a dyeing establishment.

#### ní kàu bŏi thò̤ sek;

    dyed a fast color.

#### ní kang hó̤ căi, ní lío bŏi pìen sek;

    the dyeing is well done and the colors will not change.
* 璽ní7909614
* The royal signet.

#### gêk-ní;

    the great seal.

#### i tit tîeh thŵn kok kâi gêk-ní;

    he received the state seal.

#### gêk-ní khṳt i pì cáu;

    the great seal was carried off by him on his back.
* 泥nî630855
* Mud; soil; mire.

#### thô nî ;

    clay, mud, soil.

#### i cò̤ sṳ̄ thoa nî thoa cúi;

    he does a thing as if he were being dragged to it through mud and water.

#### nî-cúi chīeⁿ;

    a mason.
* 脂nî551806
* Viscid juice or dried gum.

#### in-nî;

    cosmetics.

#### buah in-nî;

    use cosmetics.

#### chīu nî;

    the juices of a tree.

#### chêng chīu nî;

    the sap of the banyan.

#### in-nî hún;

    white cosmetic.

#### nî lâu-lâu;

    the juice flows.
* 呢nî630805
* Woolen cloth; broadcloth.

#### nî pò;

    woolens.

#### lâm nî;

    blue flannel.

#### o nî;

    black broadcloth.

#### nî kah-kíaⁿ;

    a sleeveless jacket of broadcloth.

#### nî bé-kùa;

    a cloth riding jacket.
* 麼nî602805

#### cò̤-nî;

    why, how, what.

#### i cò̤-nî tàⁿ?

    What did he say?

#### tîeh cò̤-nî cò̤ cìaⁿ hó̤?

    What is the best thing to be done?

#### lṳ́ cò̤-nî tàⁿ cía ūe?

    Why do you speak thus?
* 尼nî630442

#### nî-ko;

    a Buddhist nun.

#### nî-ko am;

    a nunnery.
* 年nî634518
* A year, a revolution of the seasons; the years one has reached.

#### kim nî; kin nî;

    this year.

#### kū nî;

    last year.

#### mêⁿ nî;

    next year.

#### ău nî;

    year after next; in after years.

#### tōa ău nî;

    the year after year-after-next.

#### côiⁿ nî;

    year before last, or in former years, (according to the emphasis, whether placed or the first or the second syllable).

#### tōa côiⁿ nî;

    the year before year-before-last.

#### kṳ̆n nî; hīn nî;

    of late years.

#### kú nî;

    many years ago.

#### soiⁿ nî;

    in former years.

#### cīeⁿ nî;

    in other years.

#### kó-cá nî;

    in olden times.

#### ĕ nî;

    in coming years.

#### lâng nî;

    a few years.

#### kúi nî;

    several years.

#### choiⁿ nî peh nî to m̄ lâi;

    has not been here for ages.

#### i jîeh cōi nî-khí?

    Of what age is he?

#### ŭ nî-hùe kâi nâng;

    one advanced in years.

#### i kâi nî-hùe khin;

    he is not advanced in years.

#### sìo nî nâng;

    a young person.

#### cheⁿ nî chut sṳ̆, lău nî cìaⁿ cò̤ kuaⁿ;

    if one takes degrees in youth, he fills office in old age.

#### i kim nî jîeh cōi hùe?

    What is his age this year?

#### íen nî;

    long years ago.

#### hn̆g nî kâi sṳ̄;

    what occurred many years since. ​

#### thàng nî;

    throughout the year.

#### pùaⁿ nî;

    half a year.

#### ciu nî;

    all the year round.

#### kuè nî;

    to pass from one year to the next; the last day of the year.

#### sin nî;

    the new year.

#### pài nî;

    pay the compliments of the season; make New Year's calls.

#### ke nî;

    older; added years.

#### cíe nî;

    younger; fewer years.

#### ìuⁿ nî;

    in youth.

#### nî-hùe cíⁿ-cíⁿ;

    is very youthful.

#### nî-hùe sek;

    of mature age.

#### sì nî, nî bō̤, saⁿ nî, tn̂g nî;

    four years in dates makes three full years in time.

#### i khṳ̀ cêk kò̤ cū khṳ̀ kàu cêk nî kú!

    To go anywhere takes him a year!

#### cêk nî kùe cêk nî;

    year after year.

#### nî thâu;

    early in the year.

#### nî búe;

    the end of the year.

#### nî tói;

    in the middle of the year.

#### nî lăi;

    before the close of the year.

#### kàu nî piⁿ-piⁿ cìaⁿ kàu;

    arrived just at the close of the year.

#### nî tn̂g gûeh kú kâi sṳ̄;

    a matter requiring time.

#### nî-nî; pâi nî; múeⁿ nî;

    every year.

#### cêk nî cêk nî;

    year by year.

#### pha kùe nî;

    after New Year.

#### làng nî làng nî;

    in alternate years.

#### keh nî;

    intervening years.

#### keh ke nŏ nî;

    after an interval of two years.

#### kàu taⁿ bói ŭ jîeh cŏi nî kú?

    How many years is it since you bought it?

#### nî-coih sàng lói-mûeh;

    make presents during the holidays.

#### cêk jît tǹg cêk nî;

    a day seems as long as a year.

#### tō jît jû nî;

    the days are like years in passing.

#### thâu nî lâi;

    the first year after I came.

#### kàu búe nî;

    during the last year that I was there.

#### tâng nî kuaⁿ;

    magistrates who have entered upon office in the same year.

#### tâng nî hiaⁿ tĭ;

    men born in the same year.

#### thiⁿ nî hó̤;

    a prosperous year.

#### thiⁿ nî cho-siap;

    an unfortunate year.

#### nî-chéng hó̤, nî-chêng mó̤;

    a good or bad year for business.

#### kàu tĭ nî cìaⁿ cò̤ tit hó̤?

    When will prosperous times return?

#### hṳ́ nî sĭ sĭm-mih nî koi?

    What year was that?

#### cì cêk nî úa bô̤ khṳ̀;

    I have not been there for a year.

#### nî hó̤, nî mó̤;

    a favorable or unfavorable year.

#### bw̄n nî;

    forever, perpetual.

#### cò̤ nî;

    perform the New Year rites.

#### ieh tŏ̤ tī cêk kâi nî-khî;

    limit the time to a certain year.

#### nî-kha sî;

    toward the end of the year.

#### ciaⁿ nî kú;

    about a year.

#### m̄ khéng cêk nî;

    not so short a period as a year.

#### nî gūa;

    over a year.

#### m̄ cīeⁿ nî;

    not a full year.

#### nî chun cē;

    a little over a year.

#### nî khio;

    little more than a year.

#### khui nî;

    the opening year.

#### hīn-khek nî-cong sùe mŏ̤ⁿ lío;

    it is the last evening of the present year.

#### kàu mńg nî cìaⁿ tit cú;

    when in the evening of life, had a son.

#### i kâi nî-sìo kai-cong;

    he has attained a good old age.

#### chia lío kâi cîⁿ ŭ nî bô̤ gûeh;

    when he has once got a thing on credit he does not pay till the end of the year.

#### úang nî to sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

    it has always been so in past years.

#### lêh nî, bô̤ ko̤i ieⁿ;

    for successive years there has been no variation.

#### saⁿ nî kuaⁿ nŏ̤ nî múa;

    an appointment for three years is often fulfilled in two.

#### soiⁿ bói cêk-ē nî-līo pàng-kò̤;

    purchase and lay up beforehand the provisions required for a year.

#### cí sù nî bô̤ nâng lâi;

    no one has come from there these many years.

#### ki-hng nî ;

    years of dearth.

#### hong nî;

    years of plenty.

#### jūn nî;

    a year having thirteen months.

#### saⁿ nî cêk jūn, ngŏ nî cài jūn;

    in every five years there are two years having thirteen mouths.

#### ho̤h cōi nî;

    many years.

#### i khṳ̀ lío bô̤ nî bô̤ gûeh;

    since he went nothing has been heard from him.

#### kim nî hwn-cṳ̂ m̄ pí kū nî ō;

    the potatoes of the present year are not to be compared with the taro of last year.

#### nî siaⁿ; nî sìo; nî khî;

    set times in the year.

#### nî sīu;

    the ridge of the nose, from the point to the bridge, a portion of the face considered by fortune-tellers.

#### hêng nî hông coih ŭ tńg lâi a bô̤?

    Does he return at the recurrence of the annual festivals?

#### bô̤ ŭa nî;

    not many years.

#### cêk nî cêk hùe tîeh cai hâk-sîp;

    each year one is a year older, and should have learned something more.

#### lîen nî;

    through a series of years.

#### ku-ā nî sie lîen lóng-cóng ŏi;

    for several years in succession this happened in each year.

#### peh nî hâi láu;

    may you live harmoniously together a hundred years; I wish you a century of conjugal bliss.

#### tŏ̤ seⁿ lâng pó̤ peh hùe sīu;

    it is difficult to secure a hundred years of life in this world.

#### sí ău lâng pó̤ peh nî phûn;

    and difficult to ensure the preservation of one's grave for a hundred years after his death.

#### àiⁿ cîah àiⁿ chēng īu àiⁿ nî àiⁿ coih, kang-khó căi;

    what with food and clothing and the annual festivals, it is very hard to make both ends meet.

#### nî chim, jît kú;

    long years ago.

#### nî koi;

    the year of the cycle.

#### khṳ̀ kàu saⁿ nî kú;

    went there three years ago.

#### kàu taⁿ ŭ chit nî kú;

    it is now seven years since.

#### cá nî;

    in former times.

#### pât nî;

    another year.

#### i lâi sàng nî lói;

    he brings new year's presents.

#### lêk nî cìn-kòng;

    annual tribute.

#### tī nî?

    What year was it?

#### kah nî lâi, píaⁿ nî khṳ̀;

    came in the first year of the cycle, and went in the third.

#### pâi-múaⁿ nî ŭ mē?

    Is it so every year?
* 乳nĭ29857
* The breast; milk.

#### i tó̤ kio nâng chī nĭ;

    she is a wet nurse.

#### a nôⁿ tó̤ cîah nĭ;

    the baby is nursing.

#### cang sĭm mûeh lâi cîah khṳt i ŭ nĭ?

    What can she eat to produce milk?

#### a-nôⁿ cêng keh nĭ a būe?

    Is the child weaned yet?

#### gû-nĭ ;

    cow's milk.

#### cuh nĭ;

    suck at the breast.

#### līu nĭ;

    to milk. ​
* 泥nĭ630855
* Bigoted; opinionated.

#### i cò̤ sū thì-thì nĭ-nĭ;

    he is very set in his ways.

#### i kâi nâng thì-nĭ căi;

    he is very obstinate.

#### nĭ huang-cúi kâi sṳ̄ tì-kàu būe cêng cǹg;

    have held so tenaciously to geomantic rules, that they have not been able to bury the corpse.

#### sṳ̄ m̄-hó̤ khu, m̄-hó nĭ;

    should not obstinately adhere to one idea concerning the matter.

#### màiⁿ nĭ tīaⁿ-tîeh cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

    do not set your heart upon its being exactly so.

#### cía sṳ̄ m̄-hó̤ cip-nĭ;

    do not be mulish about this.

#### nĭ-thì, m̄ thong;

    set in his opinion so as to be unmoved by argument.