Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/leh
leh
[edit]- lûi leh-leh-kìe;
- the thunder sounds in short sharp claps.
- tâng-cá lûi kong kĭa leh, sĭ khà sí ŭ sĭm-mûeh kâi īeⁿ;
- a little while ago there was a sudden sharp clap of thunder, it sounded as if it might have struck and killed something.
- bó̤-bó̤ sĭ-sĭ lûi leh-cĕ-kìe;
- it thundered unexpectedly.
- i kâi ūe tàⁿ lâi lío-lío leh-leh;
- he speaks in a very shrill voice.
- cí kâi sòi kâi tàⁿ khṳ̀ kèng lío-leh, hṳ́ kâi tōa kâi tàⁿ khṳ̀ kèng hû-thû;
- the little fellow speaks very shrilly, while his elder brother speaks more softly.
- tṳ-thâu lêh cò̤ nŏ̤ pôiⁿ;
- cut the pig's head in two.
- kúe àiⁿ leh cò̤ kúi lìam?
- How many pieces shall I cut the cake into?
- khṳt to̤ lêh tîeh;
- was cut by the knife when I was cutting up something.
- lêh cò̤ sì kak;
- quarter it.
- i lêh tó, khṳ̀ tùi i sí;
- he cut open his own bowels, in order to convict the other man of crime.
- lêh pêh ah, khṳ̀ tú tīo i;
- killed one of their own party, in order to use the death as a counter charge against the enemy.
- cí ciah koi leh-khui hṳ́-tói cĕng-cĕng lâ;
- when this fowl was cut open the inside was full of fat.
- sie thâi sie lêh;
- cut and slash each other.
- chíu khṳt ngio jìo kàu cêk lêh cêk lêh;
- his hand has been scratched by the cat.
- lṳ́ khṳt tī-tîang khau kàu hìeⁿ cōi lêh?
- Who has scratched you like that?
- lêh chîo m̄ pat ŭ kâi sṳ̄;
- something that has not happened during several dynasties.
- lêh-lâi būe ŭ;
- hitherto it has not happened.
- mn̄g mêng i lâi-lêh;
- inform one's self concerning his antecedents.
- lêh nî hṳ́-kò̤ cau cúi cai;
- year after year that place has suffered from floods.
- lêh-lêh khó̤ kháu;
- every particular can be proven.
- lêh cĭn chi-līen khó-chó̤;
- I have passed through all trials.
- i lău nâng ío ŭ lwt-lêh;
- this aged man has had experience.
- i mih sṳ̄ to lwt-lêh kṳ̀e;
- he has passed through all sorts of experiences.
- bô̤ lwt bô̤ lêh cò̤ hìeⁿ kōi pat;
- with no experience in it, how can you so easily understand it.
- tek lêh;
- the sap of the bamboo, regarded as a febrifuge.