lok-lok;
- whenever it rains hard it leaks so that everything is dripping wet.
- i kâi cûn tiam lāu khṳ̀;
- his boat was made to leak by hitting upon a stone.
- iap-lāu
- to ooze out.
- cáu lāu;
- run out.
- tâng-hû tih-lāu;
- a clepsydra.
- ŏi jŭi-lāu mûeh-kĭaⁿ a bŏi?
- Did he leave any property?
- cĭ kâi lâi chō̤ cúi bŏi lāu;
- this will not leak if water is put in it.
- khîeh khṳ̀ kek, thóiⁿ ŏi lāu a bŏi;
- take it and go and press it down on the water and see whether it leaks or not.
- khṳt i lāu măng khṳ̀;
- let him slip out of the net.
- cûn làu kang tang pó lāu chî;
- it is rather late to stop the leak when the boat is in mid channel.
- cí kâi kha-thâng lāu;
- this wash-tub leaks.
- i kâi ciah sĭ tih tîeh hŏ lāu kâi;
- the marks have been made by the rain dripping on it.
- thăi lāu;
- wait for an opening.
- cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ m̄ hó̤ lāu-huang;
- do not breathe a word concerning this matter.
- 鬧lāu6171915
- Hum; bustle; tumult.
- lāu-jîet;
- much commotion; many going to and fro.
- hṳ́ kò̤ khah lāu-jîet;
- there is too much bustle there.
- múaⁿ-tī-kò̤ lāu-lāu jîet-jîet;
- a great stir everywhere.
- 瘺lāu51410411
- A purient tumor.
- thĭ-lāu;
- bleeding piles.
lauh
- 餂lauh8991846
- To lap up with the tongue.
- thiaⁿ kìⁿ tṳ tó̤ lauh phun;
- heard the swine eating their swill.
- cí ciah tṳ thó̤ ciah căi, lauh kàu cô̤ cheng-khih cheng-khih;
- this hog is very eager for food, he has eaten his trough quite clean.
- káu tó̤ lauh cúi, ngio tó̤ lauh nêk-thng;
- the dog is lapping water and the cat is lapping soup.
- 㢒lauh65311
- Dilapidated and ready to tumble down.
- cía chù lauh căi, tâk bô̤ mih cîⁿ;
- this house is very dilapidated and is not worth much.
- hía chù lauh-lauh, put kú tîeh tó̤;
- that house is very shaky, and will tumble down before long.
le
- 也le107952
- A particle used to arrest the attention, and not usually needing to be translated.
- i le to m̄ cai hó̤ khiah;
- as for him, he knows not good from evil.
- cò̤ úa le cū àiⁿ;
- if it were I, I should want it.
- côiⁿ le mih-mûeh to ŭ;
- formerly, everything was to be had.
- jîak sĭ úa le, cĭu m̄ cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤;
- if it were I, indeed I would not do so.
- kip kàu i tōa le cĭu hío
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kui-kṳ́;
- when he is larger he will without doubt know how to behave himself.
- taⁿ le cĭn m̄ sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
- now-a-days, it is not so.
- i tàⁿ hó̤ le;
- he says it is finished.
- màiⁿ le;
- I do not want it.
- 弄lĕ-ké569554
- A sham; pretence; false.
- cò̤ khṳ̀ lĕ-ké;
- made showily and not substantially.
- cí ciah chn̂g cò̤ lâi lĕ-ké, m̄ tōiⁿ, m̄ cin tieⁿ;
- this table is shabbily put together, it is neither strong nor well joined.
- úa thiaⁿ tîeh lĕ-lĕ ké-ké, cò̤-nî cū cin-sît cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
- it sounds to me like a trumped up story, how is it that it can be true.
leh
- 靂leh53717316
- A sharp report of thunder; a clap.
- 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.
- 嚦leh5373016
- A noise of splitting.
- 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.
- 𠠝lêh5371816
- To cut open; to slash.
- 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.
- 痕lêh1671046
- A scratch ; a trace left by claws.
- 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?
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