Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/lo̤h

by Adele Marion Fielde

lô̤h

• 落lô̤h5531409
• To fall; to tumble; to let fall; to descend; to come down to; to gather at a place; to make a settlement; to put, set or lay a thing down; to enter, as in an account; the place to which one falls or goes; a gathering place or abode; fixed, settled, arranged; a preposition, at, in; it often merely adds force to the verb which it follows.

jît hŵn būe lôh;

the sun is not yet down.

jît-thâu lô̤h suaⁿ lío;

the sun is sinking toward the horizon.

hó̤ khṳ̀ lô̤h bí, cṳ́ pn̄g;

you may go and put in the rice and cook it.

cúi àiⁿ lô̤h jîeh cōi?

How much water shall I put in?

cêng lô̤h îam a būe?

Have you salted it yet?

būe cêng lô̤h chò;

has not yet put on the vinegar.

lô̤h khah tîam;

you have sweetened it too much.

lô̤h hŏ;

to rain.

hŏ lô̤h;

it rains.

kău to̤, pàng lô̤h cúi, ŏi phû;

his heavy knife, if laid on the water, will float; no matter what he undertakes it always turns out well for him.

pûah lô̤h cúi;

fell into the water.

bŏi tîm lô̤h cúi tói;

has not sunk to the bottom.

lô̤h hieⁿ, phōiⁿ ùaⁿ;

go to the country towns to hold court and try cases.

lô̤h kuaⁿ-piaⁿ;

send regular troops down upon.

tăi lô̤h kang-hu;

plenty of work to do.

i ka-kī tó̤ lô̤h jît;

he makes time to suit himself.

kût-kût nē cū lô̤h;

it slipped down very easily.

sak lô̤h khṳ̀;

plug it in.

kuah lô̤h khṳ̀;

cut it off.

ciⁿ lô̤h khṳ̀;

wedge it in.

chǹg lô̤h khṳ̀;

stab it in.

īa sĭ jîh tît lô̤h cū cò̤ cē jîh lô̤h khṳ̀;

if you can stuff it all in, then do so.

khîeh lô̤h khṳ̀ lío;

I have put it in.

i mng lô̤h tó̤ hṳ́ tói lío;

he has already gone down in there.

tâh lô̤h khṳ̀, bit jîeh chim;

stepped on it, and sunk in ever so deeply.

lô̤h bô̤ kò̤-kíaⁿ-ni;

put in scarcely a bit.

hó̤ lô̤h mē?

Shall I go down?

bŏi tit lô̤h;

cannot descend.

úa lô̤h ā;

I am going to descend.

khah kín, chēng m̄ lô̤h;

it is too tight, I cannot wear it.

cho̤ lô̤h pò-tō̤ tói;

put it into the bag.

m̄ tîeh khîeh khui cìaⁿ ŏi tit lô̤h;

why don’t you open it, so that I can put it in.

khǹg lô̤h keh tói;

put away in a drawer.

chíu pàng-lô̤h cē;

hold your hands a little lower.

phŏ̤ lô̤h lâi;

take it in your arms and lift it down.

cuang lô̤h sieⁿ;

pack it away in a trunk.

chìu cĭeⁿ chìu lô̤h, chìu kàu chẃn;

scrubbed till out of breath.

liu lô̤h khṳ̀, lṳ̀ phìu phûe;

slipped down, and scraped off some skin.

peh cĭeⁿ, peh lô̤h;

clamber up and down.

cĭeⁿ-cĭeⁿ lô̤h-lô̤h, ho̤h cōi hûe;

ascended and descended many times.

cìeⁿ-sî ío lô̤h kè;

lately the prices are lower.

būe cêng lô̤h cū tó̤ jíang “hó̤ lío”;

before I had put in any at all she screamed out “Enough.”

lô̤h pit;

put pen to paper.

sía lô̤h cúa;

write it down.

tò̤ lô̤h úaⁿ;

pour it into the bowl.

íe lô̤h puah;

dip it into the pot.

mô̤ⁿ-kha seⁿ khah lô̤h kĕ;

her hair grows too low on her forehead.

i tó̤ lô̤h-pô̤h kâi sî-hāu;

when he is in trouble.

phak lô̤h khṳ̀ íam;

bent down and peeped in.

kâi khang-kíaⁿ sòi-sòi căi tit lô̤h?

How can we get down through such a small aperture?

i íⁿ-keng lô̤h mô̤ⁿ khṳ̀ cò̤ hûe-sīeⁿ;

he has shaven his head, and become a priest.

lô̤h chíu khṳ̀ cîam;

laid hands on it and drew it near.

cŏ̤ lô̤h khṳ̀;

sit down.

ût lô̤h khṳ̀;

lie down.

thâp lô̤h khṳ̀;

sink and form a hollow.

tǹg cŏ̤ lô̤h khṳ̀;

fell down into a sitting posture.

hâp lô̤h khṳ̀ nĕ kah-kah;

when doubled over, it exactly fits.

thóiⁿ m̄ lô̤h;

cannot see it.

phoi-taⁿ lô̤h so̤h;

the rope has slipped off the carrying-pole.

cìaⁿ lô̤h tíaⁿ;

just turned it into the pan.

thâu tìeⁿ lô̤h;

hung his head.

cò̤ lô̤h thâu li, lío cū kùiⁿ-sìⁿ;

when you have done the first part you will have become used to it.

húiⁿ lô̤h thô;

threw himself down upon the ground.

tham-cîah pûah lô̤h mêng-thn̂g àng;

the glutton falls into the candy-jar.

thâk lô̤h tó;

study it till it becomes fixed in the mind.

lô̤h sôk;

become common.

lô̤h hue;

lose its petals.

lô̤h hîeh;

shed its leaves.

lô̤h sì a m̄ lô̤h sì?

Is it set down squarely or not?

táng kàu cai, i kâi thâu to lô̤h tháng-kíaⁿ khṳ̀ lío;

wait till you know, and by that time his head will have dropped into the bucket.

lô̤h bé;

dismount from a horse.

lô̤h kîe;

stepped upon the bridge.

lô̤h kīe;

set down the sedan-chair.

buah lô̤h khṳ̀ cū cō̤-cō-kìe;

as soon as it was rubbed on, it eased the pain.

lô̤h lâu-thui;

go down the stairs.

lô̤h lâu-ĕ;

go down stairs.

siu lô̤h cêk láng;

put into a bag.

cîah m̄ lô̤h;

cannot eat.

cîah tit lô̤h;

can swallow it.

khṳt huang chue lô̤h lâi;

blown down by the wind.

cûn àiⁿ sái cĭeⁿ a sái lô̤h?

Is the boat to sail against or with the current?

lap lô̤h khṳ̀;

tumbled over.

lṳ́ kio úa lô̤h kâi nía;

you put on the collar for me.

híam-híam lô̤h;

on the point of falling.

khṳt phang tàng lô̤h khṳ̀, hè-cē-kìe;

got stung by a wasp and yelled.

hûa khṳ̀ lô̤h páng;

tuned so as to accord.

sía m̄ lô̤h keh;

write in irregular lines.

sía kàu lô̤h jūe;

write rapidly and beautifully.

khĭa kàu lô̤h kha khùi;

stood till my legs ached.

chap m̄ lôh khûn;

did not afiiliate with them.

àiⁿ lò̤h cîⁿ mē?

Will you bet on it?

cío cêng lô̤h tō̤ a būe?

Have the quails been withdawn from the pit?

i kai nâng súe-lô̤h căi;

he is very affable.

put lŭn kìⁿ tîeh sĭm-mih nâng to sĭ súe-súe lô̤h-lô̤h;

whomsoever he meets, he treats them with great suavity.

lô̤h sìo;

enter in account.

būe cêng kìⁿ lô̤h phŏ;

have not yet entered it in the list.

kúi jît cĭeⁿ pang, kúi jît lô̤h pang;

is on duty for a few days, and then off duty for a few days.

i cí hûe tó̤ lô̤h lêng; i tó̤ lô̤h thâi;

he is losing money; he is not prospering at present.

ŭ ciⁿ lô̤h īe-tŏ cū bōi;

will sell it if I can make anything upon it.

àiⁿ cĭeⁿ pak a lô̤h lâm?

Are you going north or south?

i lô̤h a-nôⁿ lío, sin-hun khùn;

she has had a miscarriage and is very weak.

hì lô̤h pêⁿ lío;

the performance is closed.

lô̤h sng, lo̤h so̤h;

there is frost and snow.

ciang-sî sng lô̤h, so̤h lô̤h àiⁿ khṳ̀ tī-kò̤?

At this season, when the frost and snow are upon us, where would you go?

tṳ̄ lô̤h sîah, àiⁿ ŭ cîah;

when one’s chop-stick falls off the table, he is going to get an invitation to dinner.

àiⁿ lô̤h cò̤ sĭm-mih khẃn?

In what style will you write your autograph?

mn̂g tîeh cai lô̤h chēng;

remember and bar the door.

i cìeⁿ-sî lô̤h nêk;

she is losing flesh lately.

cêng lô̤h hùe a būe?

Is the cargo in yet?

cē lô̤h khuang cū kiu khṳ̀;

as soon as he was put into the arena, he drew back.

• 駱駝lô̤h-tho̤h553
• A camel.

khang lô̤h-thô̤h;

to take care of camels.