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dictionary of the swatow dialect.
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  • lo̤643869
  • Warm; balmy.
cúi mông tîeh sie-lo̤ sie-lo̤;
the water is of a pleasant warmth when the hand is put in it.
kúe cìaⁿ sêk kâi, sie-lo̤ sie-lo̤;
the cake is just cooked, and is slightly warm.
cúi mín hìeⁿ sie, sie-lo̤ sie-lo̤ cū hó̤;
the water need not be so hot, if it is lukewarm that is enough.
hŵn-lío lo̤-lo̤-sie, bŏi chìn;
it is still slightly warm, not yet wholly cooled.
cho̤-lo̤;
rank, noisome; a strong smell.
cho̤-lo̤ kâi cêk lî m̄ hó̤ cîah;
do not eat the least bit of what is rank.
pēⁿ taⁿ hó̤ lío, àiⁿ sĭeⁿ cîah cho̤-lo̤;
he is now well again, and wants to eat strong smelling food.
i hṳ́ phò lăi kâi bī cho̤-lo̤, phīⁿ tîeh ùi căi;
that shop there has o very strong odor about it, and when I smell it, it makes me sick.
  • lo̤5513019
  • A note or refrain in singing; the prattle of children.
hàm i màiⁿ tàⁿ khah lo̤-so̤;
tell him not to talk too much.
i kâi ūe lo̤-so̤ căi, tàⁿ bŏi tit hiah;
she keeps prattling on as if she would never stop.
cíu cē lô̤h tó ūe cū tàⁿ kàu lo̤-so̤, tàⁿ bŏi tit ŵn;
as soon as he swallows the liquor, the words begin to flow in a steady stream, and he talks incessantly.
  • ló̤5088512
  • Careless, neglectful.
ló̤-chó̤;
in a rapid careless manner.
cía cò̤ lâi khah ló̤-chó̤;
this is slighted too much in the doing.
cía kang-hu ló̤-ló̤ chó̤-chó̤, bô̤ ēng;
this work is very carelessly done, and is useless.
ló̤-chó̤, sak ceh;
obstruct business by neglect.
  • ló̤617619
  • Vexed; disappointed; annoyed.
hŵn-ló̤;
sorrowful; anxious; troubled.
lṳ́ màiⁿ hŵn-ló̤;
do not be troubled about it.
bô̤ hŵn bô̤ ló̤ kâi nâng;
one who has no anxieties.
  • ló̤5081250
  • A head man; a chief among equals.
i tó̤ tng a-ló̤;
he is a sergeant in the army.
tōa ló̤;
the camp-master, or head of a garrison.
thâu-ló̤;
one chosen as head man by his fellows.
  • lô̤55012214
  • Lace, net, gauze; openworked, lace-like; certain kinds of silk fabrics, like grenadine.
lô̤ pò;
lace.
lô̤ pò lîam;
lace curtains.
cêk pit chiu-lô̤;
one piece of Chinese grenadine.
i ka-kī cṳ̆ tâu lô̤-măng;
he delivered himself into the net.
lô̤-lîet tŏ̤ sì-ciu-ûi;
surround on every side.
lô̤-hàng;
Buddhist worthies, the term being an imitation of the sound of an
Indian word.
câp-poih lô̤-hàng;
the eighteen personal disciples of Buddha.
lô̤-hàng tn̂g-saⁿ;
Buddhist scholars.
sîam-lô̤;
Siam.
i cáu kàu sîam-lô̤ khṳ̀ lío;
he has run off as far as Jericho by this time.
lô̤-keⁿ;
a compass.
lô̤-keⁿ cam;
the magnetic needle.
lô̤-keⁿ cò̤-nî khang?
Which way does the compass direct?
lô̤-kâu;
a constellation regarded by horoscopists as very unlucky.
i sĭ hŭam tîeh lô̤-kâu;
he has the influence of the unlucky stars against him.
  • lô̤55116719
  • A gong.
phah lô̤ kó;
beat gongs and drums.
tōa tâng lô̤ khōng-khōng kìe;
the great brass gong sounds.
bé thâu lô̤ khùaiⁿ-khùaiⁿ-kìe;
the gong, carried ahead of the horses in an official procession, sounds.
cúa-íaⁿ kâi lô̤-kó teoⁿ-teoⁿ-kìe;
the musical instruments accompanying an exhibition of puppets are sounding.
tâng lô̤-kíaⁿ thēⁿ-thēⁿ-kìe;
the little brass gong is sounding.
sòi kâi lô̤-kía theoⁿ-theoⁿ-kìe;
the very small gong, such as is used by pedlars to announce their approach, sounds thus.
khàng-lô̤ kâi siaⁿ tîuⁿ-tîuⁿ-kìe;
the sound of tinkling cymbals.
  • lô̤55118711
  • A male.
sùe cîah lô̤ lâi khîa;
hire a mule and ride.
hái-lô̤;
a seal.
hái-lô̤-phûe;
sealskin.
  • lô̤6428513
  • A strong inherent flavor.
bī khah lô̤, m̄ cheng;
its flavor is too strong, it has not an unmixed taste.
mīⁿ lâi sah o-thn̂g, kâi bī khah lô̤;
vermicelli when boiled in unclarified sugar has too strong a taste.
  • lô̤55114211
  • Spiral univalves, like snails and whelks; spiral; screw-like; a conch.
lô̤-khak;
spiral shells.
lô̤-nêk;
the flesh of spiral univalves.
híang lô̤;
conch shells, used for sounding a summons upon.
pu lô̤;
to blow a conch-shell.
châng lô̤;
fresh water snails.
lô̤-si-teng;
screws.
lô̤-si jẃn;
the thread of a screw.
húiⁿ lô̤-si;
to drive in a screw.
  • lô̤838513
  • Impure; corrupt; turbid; not clear.
kâi siaⁿ-im tàⁿ chut lâi thiaⁿ tîeh lô̤-lô̤;
his voice sounds very thick.
taⁿ kâi sì-kài to sĭ lô̤-lô̤;
the present age is corrupt.
cúi mìaⁿ kŏng lô̤;
do not roil the water.
cúi lô̤, tîeh khîeh hŵn lâi phah i cheng;
the water is turbid, it must be settled with alum.
sek thóiⁿ-tîeh lô̤-lô̤, m̄ cheng;
the color is not clear.