Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/lo

by Adele Marion Fielde

lo

• 滷ló5568511
• A salt preparation; to pickle.

îam-ló;

brine.

cí kò̤ tṳ-nêk khîeh khṳ̀ ló;

take this pork and pickle it.

ló n̆ng;

to pickle eggs; pickled eggs.

i kai ló hó̤ căi;

the pickle is very nice.

lâm cē ló-thng lô̤h khṳ̀;

put on a little of the pickle.

ló-mīⁿ;

a spiced salt meat stew.

gô̤ ló;

the brine in which a goose has been pickled.

cía ló khṳ̀ khah kîam;

this has been kept in the brine till it is too salt.

phâk îam ló;

to evaporate brine in making salt, tih tīo ló; drain out the brine from salt.

• 了ló52961
• Barely done; just finished.

hó̤, ló;

it is just about done.

khùaⁿ-ûah ló;

just reached the easy part of the work.

kàu ló;

just about to arrive.

i mng khṳ̀ ló;

he was barely gone.

khah māng ló;

just too late.

tńg lâi ló;

just turned to come back.

• 惡ló1063618
• Hate, dislike.

úa sĭang ló i;

I dislike him intensely.

ló-hṳ̆n;

aversion.

chūa nâng ló;

leads to hatred.

cí kâi sṳ̄ úa ló căi;

I detest this business.

cèng nâng ló i;

everybody dislikes him.

cí kâi sĭ nâng só̤ ló kâi;

this is what people hate.

• 櫓ló5577515
• The propelling scull on Chinese boats, worked on a pivot on the taffrail; to scull.

tŏ̤ cûn búe tèng ĭe ló;

on the stern of the boat sculling.

ló cûn;

to scull a boat.

• 露lò55717313
• To disclose; to expose; to show through; to exhibit; apparent; naked.

chun thâu, lò mīn;

stretched forth his head and showed his face.

kàu ău i kâi sṳ̄ pāi-lò;

his case was afterward ruined by being divulged.

lò chut bé kha;

the horse’s hoof shows; the thing is divulged.

phû kṳn, lò kut;

much emaciated, so as to show the sinews and bones.

chiah-sin lò-thói;

stark naked.

• 爐lô5558616
• A stove, grate, furnace, chafing-dish or other place for holding a fire.

húe-lô;

a stove, grate or fire-place.

huang-lô;

a portable earthen stove.

phuah huang-lô;

fan the fire in the earthen stove.

pó huang-lô theng;

mend the ventilator of an earthen stove.

tê lô-kíaⁿ;

a small earthen stove used to boil water for tea.

hieⁿ-lô;

a censer.

siah lô;

pewter vases in which insense sticks are burned.

cêk lô húe méⁿ-méⁿ;

a stove full of hot coals.

ngṳ̂n cē lô̤h lô cū àiⁿ sio-sîh;

when silver is put in the crucible it loses weight.

kŭaⁿ tìo-lô;

carry a swinging censer, as is done in processions.

lô-kūiⁿ;

bellows.

khí lô;

build a fire.

cîⁿ lô-tíaⁿ;

a furnace for burning spirit-money.

jī-cúa lô;

a furnace for burning manuscripts or printed paper.

cûe-thòaⁿ lô;

a furnace in which hard coal is burned,

chíu lô;

a brazier, carried to keep the hands warm.

lẃn-lô;

a foot stove.

jẃn-lô;

a chafing-dish.

thih lô;

an iron stove.

o̤h khṳ̀ khí lô-càu;

it is hard to start the fire.

• 鱸lô55519516
• The perch.

kûa o, jûah lô;

in cold weather there are black fish, in hot weather perch.

• 陋lŏ5141706
• Low, vulgar; il-looking ; uninformed; sordid.

ko lŏ kuaⁿ bŭn;

alone and ignorant.

seⁿ lâi cho-lŏ;

naturally very ugly.

phah tīo lŏ kui;

abolish vicious usages.

khṳ̀ tīo lŏ sîp;

do away with debasing customs.

mīn-măuⁿ chíu-lŏ;

ill-favored.

• 醃lŏ10831648
• To pickle; to steep in brine or vinegar.

lŏ îam;

lay down in salt.

cang sī-îu sĭo-cíu lâi lŏ;

pickle it in soy and spirits from Shau-hing-fu in Cheh-kiang.

lŏ cò̤ kîam hṳ̂;

pickle them and make salt fish of them.

nín kim nî lŏ jîeh cōi àng chài?

How many jars of cabbage have you pickled this year?

• 鵪鶉lō-thûn621
• A quail.

phah lō-thûn;

a quail fight.

sî-heng kă lō-thûn;

quail-fighting is fashionable.

• 路lō5571576
• A path, a road, a way where people go; a way of action; an opportunity; a space; a journey; the course pursued.

hṳ́ kò̤ sĭ saⁿ-pun lō-thâu;

that is a point where three roads join.

cham-che lō-thâu; câp-jī lō-thâu;

cross-roads.

lō m̄ thong kîaⁿ;

no thoroughfare,

kuaⁿ lō;

the king’s highway; an official route.

sai-khia lō;

by-paths, private roads.

cúi lō;

water communications.

sĭ kîaⁿ cúi lō a sĭ kîaⁿ lêk lō?

Did he go by water or by land?

hāng kâi lō;

lanes.

táng kâi nâng lâi mn̄g lō;

wait till some one comes along, and then inquire the way.

kong-cèng lō;

a public road.

tōa kuaⁿ-lō;

great highways.

péⁿ tŏ̤ lō kháu;

blocked in at the end of the street.

sak lō;

block up the way.

lō tèng kâi nâng sak kàu kṳ̂t-kṳ̂t, bô̤ lō hó̤ kùe;

the road is closely blocked by the number of people in it, and there is no space for one to get though.

cía sĭ put kùe cieh lō keng kùe;

this is nothing more than seeking room to pass.

cí tîo lō-tău ío hó̤;

this is a better way.

lō kût-kût;

the road is slippery.

lō ta a būe?

Is the road dry yet?

lō wn-khek;

the road is crooked.

lō khek lâi khek khṳ̀;

the road winds hither and thither.

ngŏ̤ tîeh, cū wn lō cáu;

if he meets him he turns off into another path and gets away from him.

bé lō;

a road for horses.

chia lō;

a carriage road.

cûn lō;

passage for boats.

suaⁿ lō;

mountain road.

pêⁿ-pêⁿ lō;

a level road.

lō khi-khu;

the road is rough.

bô̤ mn̂g lō;

nothing to do; out of work; lacking opportunity for action or advancement.

bói lō cîⁿ;

spirit-money scattered along the road by which a corpse is carried.

câh lō;

to barricade a road.

côih lō chíeⁿ-kiap;

to waylay and rob.

cô̤h tn̆g lō-thâu;

intercept on the way; cut off their passage.

kàu chù cū chūa kâi lō-thâu pô̤;

took a wife from the women of the country where he was sojourning.

ín lō; chūa lō; kāng lō;

to guide.

khui lō;

to open a new road.

thūn lō;

mend holes in the road.

phah tîo hue lō;

make a chunam walk.

kîaⁿ húe lō;

walk the fiery road, as do demoniacs.

kap-páng-cûn kâi so̤h-lō cōi;

there is much rigging on a ship.

kîaⁿ kàu pùaⁿ lō;

went half way. kîaⁿ tŏ̤ lō tìn-tang;

walk in the middle of the road.

lō piⁿ; lō phâng; lō kîⁿ;

the roadside.

lō thâu, lō búe;

the ends of a path.

koi lō;

streets.

i cìeⁿ-sî bô̤ lō căi;

he is greatly hedged in of late.

i kâi lō-mn̂g khuah;

he has fine openings before him.

tī tîo lō-mn̂g i to ŏi tit kàu;

he has plenty of opportunities for making a living.

seⁿ lō; ûah lō;

ways of earning a living.

sí lō;

a course that leads to death.

i sĭ tbo̤ chūe sí lō;

he willfully incurs danger.

káu jīo kàu khût-thâu-lō, i cū àiⁿ hûe-tńg lâi kă;

a dog driven to bay will turn around and attack his pursuer.

chûah lō cáu;

escaped by a side path; turned off the road and ran away.

cí-kò̤ tùi síe-lō khṳ̀ hó̤ kṳ̆n cêk phò lō;

by taking the by-path from here the journey is shortened by a league.

i ŭ sĭm-mih tău-lō cò̤ a bô̤? ā sĭ bô̤ úa chūe kĭaⁿ sṳ̄-lō i cò̤?

Has he any opportunity now for earning anything? If not I will find something for him to do.

úa cai i kâi kang-hu chíu-lō hó̤;

I know that what he does is well done.

kùe lō kâi nâng;

passers by.

úa àiⁿ kúaⁿ lō, kúaⁿ kàu kàu;

I wish to hasten on till I reach my destination.

kîaⁿ kṳ̆n lō;

go by the nearest route.

kîaⁿ phien lō;

go by an indirect route.

kîaⁿ chûah lō;

go by a short cut.

cìaⁿ lō;

the right way.

tît-lō;

the direct route.

lō phîaⁿ;

the bank beside the road.

tōa lō kha;

near the highway.

kau lō;

the sewer.

hái lō;

routes at sea.

khoi lō;

river communication.

hô̤-lō;

water-courses.

síam lō khṳt i kùe;

draw back off the road and let them pass.

i kâi seng-lí lō sêk;

he is accustomed to his business.

i kâi seng-lí lō sêk;

he has numerous accounts.

lō tîo cho-siap;

it is hard travelling.

lō ôih;

a narrow way.

lō khuah;

a wide passage.

lō câp;

an intricate passage.

kîaⁿ tāⁿ lō;

took the wrong road.

lō cheⁿ;

a strange road.

lō sêk;

a familiar path.

mîⁿ-sit lō-thû;

lost his way.

kū lō;

the old road.

sin lō;

a new road.

ôih lō siang hông;

met each other in a narrow passage.

kîaⁿ lō cĭu kṳ̆n, bói mûeh cĭu phīⁿ;

in travelling one takes the nearest road, in purchasing articles one takes the cheapest.

cĭeⁿ thiⁿ bô̤ lō, jîp tī bô̤ mn̂g;

would have mounted into the heavens had there been a road or would have sunk into the earth had there been a door.

thiⁿ-tn̂g ŭ lō, lṳ́ m̄ khṳ̀ tī-gêk bô̤ mn̂g, lṳ́ cìn lâi;

though there were a road to heaven you would not travel it, and though hell had no door you would draw near to it.

to̤-lō côih lâi hó̤;

it is well sliced.

nûa lō;

close the passage.

ìo lō;

an important route.

cîⁿ lō;

the circulation of money.

lō phêng;

the road is safe.

ah lō;

to convoy on the way.

cíeⁿ lō;

guard the passage.

siu kîe, cò̤ lō;

repair bridges and make roads.

suaⁿ lō, thô lō, cîeh lō;

a road which is sandy, clayey or stony.

lō seⁿ chì;

the path is thorny.

khui māng lō;

to open the dark road, to cheer the spirit of the departed as it starts on its way to another world.

thóiⁿ châk lō;

look into the way by which the thief entered.

m̄ hó̤ kîaⁿ kût lō;

do not go in slippery paths.

hôk lō;

lie in ambush by the way.

kîaⁿ hn̆g lō;

take along journey.

lō-kèⁿ;

the path.

thau cáu lō;

take flight.

sûn lō;

patrol the streets.

sŭn lō, m̄ sŭn lō;

on or off the route.

lō tò̤-ká;

took an indirect route.

i m̄ cĭu lō;

he did not follow the road.

kuaⁿ-cìaⁿ lō;

the correct way.

i kâi lí-lō tn̂g;

he has many reasons to set forth.

i kâi húe-lō hó̤;

his appliances for heating and lighting are in good order.

ke-húe lō chi-pĭ;

the tools are all ready.

thóiⁿ i kâi pit lō cò̤-nî kîaⁿ;

see in what way he moves his pen.

kúi cūe lō, tī cūe lō pêⁿ?

Of these several roads, which is most level?

cí tîo lō ún;

this is a safe way.

màiⁿ kîaⁿ híam lō;

do not walk in dangerous paths.

cí tîo lō híam-ài;

this is a perilous path.

lō kĭa-kĭa;

the road is very steep.

lō pho̤-lo̤-sia;

the road is a descent.

nán tâng lō;

we are going the same way.

lō pun a;

the road divided.

kàu hṳ́ kò̤ pun lō;

at that point the roads diverge.

sùaⁿ-lō lîah tît-tît;

make your seam perfectly straight.

cêk lō kṳ̀ jîeh cōi cîⁿ?

How much do you get for sawing one cut lengthwise?

• 露lō55717313
• The dew; mist that forms in drops of rain; to bedew.

lō-cúi;

dew.

cêk tíam lō;

a dewdrop.

hue lō;

fluid perfumes.

bûn-kùi lō;

rose-water.

méⁿ jît tăng lō;

hot sun makes heavy dew.

kìⁿ tîeh lō cúi;

get the dew on it.

khîeh khṳ̀ lō lō-cúi;

take it and put it where the dew will fall on it.

cêk sin khṳt i lō kàu lok-lok;

drenched with dew.

lō cêk lîap cêk lîap chin-chîeⁿ cu;

dew in drops like pearls.