Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/lah

by Adele Marion Fielde

lah

• 挾lah356647
• To carry between the arm and the body; to carry over the arm.

i chíu lah pńg ŵn-phŏ;

he had a subscription list in his hand.

lah cṳ-cheh;

carry a book in the hand against the side.

saⁿ-khò lah khṳ̀ sói;

take the clothes to the wash.

cháu-chîeh lah khṳ̀ chṳ;

take the mat and spread it down.

• 雜物lah-bûah939
• Heterogeneous; all sorts together.

i kâi ke-si lah-bûah lóng-cóng puaⁿ lâi;

she moved all her household stuff with her.

cheng ke-si lah-bûah cū hâk ho̤h cōi cîⁿ;

their household gear alone amounts to a large sum of money.

• 鯪lâh5441958
• A fresh water fish, the dace or tench.

lâh-lí;

the pangolin, which the Chinese regard as a carp made to go on dry land.

lâh-lí khak;

the scales of the pangolin, used in medicine.

• 獵lâh5329415
• To hunt wild animals; the chase; field sports; to hunt up.

phah lâh;

to go hunting.

lâh hŏ;

sportsmen.

lâh káu;

a hunting dog.

ngŏ̤ tîeh cêk khûn nâng jîp suaⁿ khṳ̀ phah lâh;

met a body of men going into the mountains to hunt.

múaⁿ-tī-kò̤ lâh, lâh m̄ tîeh;

hunted everywhere for it and could not find it.

• 臘lâh49713015
• To sacrifice to the gods three days after the winter solstice; to dry flesh in the north wind.

lâh bī;

cured meats.

lâh gûeh;

the twelfth month.

lâh nêk;

to jerk meats.

lâh ah;

dried ducks.

i tó̤ sĭeⁿ cîah lâh bī;

he is thinking of the delicacies of the twelfth month; he is longing for the impossible.

tîeh ēng sĭm-mih līo-bût lâh lăi cìaⁿ hó̤?

What spices should be used in the curing in order to make it good?

• 蠟lâh49714215
• Wax; waxy; glazed.

n̂g-lâh;

bees-wax.

bît lâh;

fossil copal.

lâh cek;

wax candles.

lâh cúa;

glazed paper.

lâh îⁿ;

pills encased in wax;

pêh lâh;

insect wax deposited by the Coccus pe-la^*, on the Fraxinus chinensis^*.

lâh cîeh;

yellow or greasy quartz.

• 躐lâh53215715
• To stride over; to overstep.

sîap-lâh sì-bŭ kâi nâng;

one who has bad experience in worldly affairs.

put lũn o̤h sĭm-mih sṳ̄ to m̄ hó̤ lâh téng;

in whatever one is learning, be should not overstep anything which is in the regular order.

• 曆lâh5377212
• The course and changes of the spheres.

lâh-jît;

an almanac.

sin lâh-jît chut a būe?

Are the new almanacs issued yet?

kuaⁿ lâh;

an almanac sent to officials by the emperor.

i ka-kī tó̤ sai cò̤ lâh jît;

he is making almanacs privately, without official permit.

• 辣lâh4981607
• Pungent; sharp.

lâh-cie;

red pepper.

lâh-cie-cìeⁿ lâi suah;

season with red pepper catsup.