# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/lap
### laplap

* 套lap871377
* A case; a wrapper; to encase; to snare.

#### cêk hù chíu-lap;

    a pair of gloves.

#### khah tōa, lap m̄ lô̤h;

    it is too large and will not go into the case.

#### khîeh kâi pò-tō̤ lâi lap;

    take a bag and slip this into it.

#### lap lô̤h khṳ̀ kín-kín;

    it goes into the case with no room to spare.

#### táng úa lap sang bûeh lío;

    wait till I put on my stockings.

#### cía sǹg sĭ lap tîeh kâi, m̄ sĭ hàuⁿ kâi;

    this was something that circumstances forced him into, not something that he did willingly.

#### lap tîeh cū pak m̄ lut;

    if you get involved in it, you cannot afterward free yourself.

#### i kâi ūe tàⁿ lío lap sin, ka-kī lap ka-kī;

    he implicated himself by his own talk.

#### i cìaⁿ lap tò̤ lap; to sĭ tó̤ kuang nâng;

    he casts his noose hither and thither, everywhere ensnaring people.

#### i cía ūe sĭ tó̤ lap i kâi;

    in saying this he is laying a snare for her.

#### i huaⁿ-hí nâng lap káu tō̤;

    he is delighted when he can get anyone to be his lackey.

#### cía sĭ lap tîeh chì-tek khṳ̂t;

    this is being caught on the spikes of the thorny bamboo.

#### saⁿ sĭ khṳt kheng-kîⁿ lap lîh;

    the jacket was rent by catching upon the rim of the basket.

#### i lap nâng kâi cè, lap kàu bît-bît;

    he is over head and ears in debt.

#### cè lap pīn mâk;

    in debt up to his eyes.

#### lap kàu i cē jīn cū phōiⁿ i;

    entrap him into confessing and then bring him ​to trial.

#### kùa khîeh lâi lap lô̤h khṳ̀;

    bring the cover and slip it on.
* 染lap286755
* To inoculate or infect with a disease.

#### i lap tâk, lap kàu cêk sin lok-lok;

    he has taken a vile disease and has it so badly that he is rotten with it.
* 舀lap10761347
* To bale out; to dip out.

#### cûn tói kâi cúi khṳ̀ lap cheng-khih;

    bale out all the water from the bottom of the boat.

#### lap úaⁿ cui lâi khṳt úa;

    dip up a bowlful of water and give it to me.
* 納lâp6111204
* To pay at stated times; to pay or present to government.

#### lâp hìang;

    pay duties.

#### lâp ûang-nîe;

    pay the land tax.

#### bó châng ēng lâp jîeh cōi nîe?

    What tax is paid on each acre of arable land.

#### cía phò cêk nî lâp i jîeh cōi?

    How much do you pay him per year for the use of this shop?

#### sĭ lâp ngĕ kâi a sĭ cìe sǹg?

    Is it paid in money at a fixed time, or is it reckoned in account?

#### kui-lī sĭ soiⁿ lâp ău keⁿ, a sĭ soiⁿ keⁿ ău lâp?

    Which is the local usage, to pay the rent and then till the ground, or to first till the ground and then pay the rent?

#### lâp co;

    pay rent.

#### cí kâi kuaⁿ sĭ kĭen-lâp kâi kuaⁿ;

    this magistrate is one who got his office by purchase.
* 邋lâp49716215

#### lap-cap ;

    mixed; unassorted, confused; sweepings; rubbish.

#### bói chûn kâi cíⁿ bói cò̤ lâp-câp mûeh;

    the money that I had left after making my purchases, I spent in buying various little things.

#### ēng i tó̤ lí lâp-câp kâi sṳ̄;

    employ him to do odd jobs.

#### cí cho̤h lâp-lâp câp-câp kâi mûeh siu cò̤ cêk tàⁿ;

    put these various articles all into one carry.

#### i cí khí lâp-câp jī bô̤ mih pat;

    he is not well acquainted with these unclassified characters.