Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/lua

by Adele Marion Fielde

lua

• 籮lûa55111819
• Deep, round baskets, without cover or handle.

cêk lûa chō jîeh cōi?

How much does one basket hold?

• 賴lūa5001549
• To assume; to act on a false basis; to trump up a charge; to accuse an innocent man.

màiⁿ lūa tāⁿ nâng;

do not accuse the wrong person.

lūa hût thau cîah kôi;

accuse Buddh of surreptitiously eating potted fish.

thû-lūa;

falsely accuse.

bô̤ cng-kĭaⁿ, bô̤ thóiⁿ-kìⁿ, cò̤ hó̤ lūa i cò̤ châk?

There being no stolen goods found in his possession, and no witnesses, how can you accuse him of being the thief?