# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ua
### ua

* 娃ua1036386
* Pretty children; little folks.

#### ńng ua-ua;

    pretty little girls.

#### sío ua-ua;

    little children.

#### tńg khṳ̀ chù phŏ̤ ua-ua;

    returned to the enjoyment of domestic life.
* 蛙ua10361426
* A green, striped frog.

#### phì-ju cò̤ céⁿ tói ua;

    like a frog that lives in a well.
* 我úa627623
* I, the speaker; me; my.

#### úa tŏ̤ cí;

    here I am.

#### tŏ̤ úa ko̤;

    at my house; in my keeping.

#### i khìam úa kâi;

    he owes me.

#### cía sĭ úa-kâi;

    this is mine.

#### úa bô̤;

    I have none.

#### úa ŭ;

    I have some.

#### tîeh hâiⁿ úa;

    must give it back to me.

#### úa ka-kī àiⁿ;

    I want it myself.

#### úa kŭa lṳ́ cò̤-pû khṳ̀;

    I will go with you.

#### i m̄ hàuⁿ pun úa;

    he is unwilling to give it to me.

#### tŏ̤ lṳ́ úa kò̤ sǹg sĭm-mih sìo?

    Of what account is that between you and me?

#### úa bô̤ chap i;

    I do not associate with him.

#### úa kio lṳ́ tàⁿ;

    I will tell you.

#### khîeh lâi úa thóiⁿ;

    bring it and let me see it.

#### lṳ́ thiaⁿ úa kâi ūe;

    you heed what I say.

#### i m̄ chái úa;

    he pays no attention to me.

#### úa sieh i, i to bô̤ ài-sieh úa;

    I am kind to him, but he cares nothing for me.

#### kio úa bô̤ kang-sîap; ṳ úa bô̤ tāi;

    it is nothing to me.

#### i bô̤ ta úa ûa;

    he has nothing to do with my affairs.

#### eh cò̤-nî, úa to àiⁿ khṳ̀;

    whatever happens, I am going.

#### hāu úa phah-sǹg;

    wait till I consider the subject.

#### thĕng-úa;

    wait for me.

#### i phah úa;

    he struck me.

#### i cò̤-nî phah úa sái khṳ̀ kâi nâng?

    Why did he beat my messenger?
* 倚úa27998
* To lean on; to recline upon; to rely on; to act as a support; to use as a fulcrum.

#### úa tŏ̤ kau-íⁿ;

    recline upon a chair.

#### hó̤ úa ie;

    lean the back against it.

#### i sĭ úa-kŏ tī-tîang?

    Whom does he rely upon?

#### bô̤ nâng hó̤ úa-kŏ;

    there is no one to depend upon.

#### chŵn tó̤ úa-cĭang i;

    depend wholly upon him.

#### úa tó̤ lâng-kang kò̤ cŏ̤;

    reclining against the balustrade.

#### i cē úa phìu cū pûah lô̤h khṳ̀;

    while leaning, he slid off and fell.

#### úa kàu khìang-khìang;

    lean firmly against.

#### cí ki mûeh chíaⁿ úa pàng kò̤;

    please leave this lying here.

#### lṳ́ m̄ tîeh úa pàng hṳ́ piⁿ, cíaⁿ bŏi kûe tîeh lō;

    you should lean it up on that side, then it wll not encumber the road.

#### cò̤ tieⁿ hó̤ úa kâi tn̂g-íⁿ;

    make a reclining chair.

#### lṳ́ màiⁿ oi-oi úa-úa;

    do not lounge around.

#### hiaⁿ tĭ kíaⁿ, sie úa ka-ciah cìaⁿ ŏi tit sêng ke;

    brothers must stand back to back supporting each other, then they will form a household.

#### úa i kâi sì;

    rely on his influence.

#### bô̤ sì hò̤ úa;

    no power to depend upon.
* 何ûa21595
* Whereby; wherefore.

#### lú căi ta úa ûa?

    How can you control me in the matter?

#### i bô̤ ta i ûa;

    he has nothing to do with him.

#### úa bô̤ ta i ûa;

    I have no control over him.

#### kîaⁿ kàu hṳ́ kò̤ bô̤ ta ûa;

    when we had gone thus far, we could do no more.

#### úa sĭ bô̤ ta ûa khṳ̀ it kò̤;

    I had no other way but to go where he was.

#### bô̤ ta ûa cìaⁿ tò̤-tńg lâi;

    had no recourse but to retrace our steps.
* 何ŭa215804
* An adverb expressive of intensity.

#### jîeh ŭa;

    how greatly; so exceedingly.

#### úa jîeh ŭa sieh lṳ́, jîeh ŭa kèng lṳ́;

    how deeply I have loved you and how greatly I have honored you.

#### cìeⁿ-seⁿ jîeh ŭa hó̤;

    how very good that it is so.

#### hìeⁿ-seⁿ jîeh ŭa kōi, lṳ́ cò̤-nî cìeⁿ-seⁿ?

    That way being so very easy, why do you do it in this way?
* 幾ŭa333529
* Much; very.

#### bô̤ ŭa;

    no great amount.

#### bōi chûn bô̤ ŭaⁿ;

    nearly sold out.

#### ēng sīn bô̤ ŭa;

    used up so as to leave but a little.

#### bô̤ ŭa kú i àiⁿ lâi;

    he will arrive before very long.

#### hàm i khṳ̀ khîeh, khîeh to bô̤ ŭa lâi;

    told him to go and get some, and he brought scarcely any.

#### tī-hng bô̤ ŭa khuah;

    the space is not very wide.

#### tŏ̤ cí kò̤ khṳ̀ bô̤ ŭa hn̆g;

    starting from this point it is not very far.