Saturday, August 12, 2006

My Dictionary always updating

Here are a list of words that surfaced during a trip to Frasers' Hill.
Feel free to add in some more. I have a poor memory.

"Gor"(2nd sound), verb, to stick on or to apply.
-You can gor the strawberry jam on the scones, it'll taste better!"
Used also as a noun, glue or elder brother.
-Gor, pls don't use finish my gor to anyhow gor your stuff hor!

"Hoot"(4th sound), noun. 1. Quantity, usually used to describe durians.
- Got one more hoot of durian there, quick finish it!"
Not to be confused "Hoot"(3rd sound), verb, to beat up.
-You see what see, want to get hoot by me is it?

"Kiap",verb, 1. to pinch or to hold onto tightly
-You can use the tongs to kiap the food lah.

"Cim"(3rd sound), verb, to soak or to immerse
Not to be confused with "Cim"(2nd sound)- noun,crab
-The vegetables must cim longer in the water before can take out

"Nuar"(3rd sound) 1. adj, soggy,criticism that could lead to a quarrel.
-Your pasta very nuar leh.
2. verb, to laze around
-If everyday we can come Fraser's Hill to nuar also not bad hor
3 .nuar lai nuar ke, proverb, to laze here and there
-You don't always nuar lai nuar ke, please go pack your room!

"Or"(4th sound) , verb, to dig deeply
-There's some more noodles here, cau use your spoon to or it out.
Not to be confused with "or"(1st sound), adj, black.
-Why his face or or?

"Lau Kwi", verb.,adj. embarrassing, shameful
-So simple you also dunno, don't lau kwi leh!
Not to be use literally, which means leaking gas.

"Hiam"(1st sound), adj. spicy
-The stingray is not hiam enough lah.
Not to be confused with "hiam"(2nd sound), verb, to think lowly of
- I cook the pasta never sleep, you sleep you some more hiam the food not nice.
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1 Comments:

Blogger Gillian said...

still have 'gor'... used as a verb... means to spread... not to be mistaken with glue or brother in dialect... we gor the si do bei lei jam on the si co nee to eat... haha... will add on once i remember...

11:09 PM  

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