# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/lam
### lamlam

* 套lam671377
* To spread over loosely; to cover lightly.

#### khîeh kâi saⁿ kâi i lam lô̤h khṳ̀;

    throw a tunic over him.

#### khîeh kò̤ pò lâi lam;

    cover it with a cloth.

#### cí kò̤ cúa khah sòi, lam m̄ miⁿ;

    this paper is too small and does not cover it perfectly.
* 䈇lam341188
* A basket, used as a cover.

#### bói kâi koi-lam lâi kìm koi;

    buy a coop to keep the fowls in.

#### koi-lam khàm kâi teng;

    a lamp having an openwork convex shade.
* 㰖lám5037521
* The black olive.

#### lâm lám;

    to scald olives.

#### lám hût thùaⁿ;

    charred olive pits.

#### lám phûe ko̤;

    a conserve of black olives.

#### lám jîn;

    the meat from black olive pits.
* 攬lám5026421
* To grasp; to carry with a firm hand or in both arms; to engross; to monopolize; to hug close; grasping.

#### pau lám sṳ̂-sŏng;

    an attorney who takes the whole management of affairs for his client.

#### i kâi hùe-mûeh ŭ lám-cāi a bô̤?

    Is there a bill of lading for his goods?

#### sie lám koiⁿ;

    embrace each other.

#### i nŏ̤ nâng tó̤ lám-ka-pûah;

    the two are wrestling.

#### lám-kau, lám thóiⁿ tī-tîang îaⁿ;

    wrestle and see who is the stronger.

#### tùi i lám kín-kín;

    hugged him close.

#### lám lío m̄ hàuⁿ pàng;

    clasped him in both arms and would not let him go.

#### lṳ́ tîeh nīe úa lám ĕ ie;

    you must give me the grasp under the arms, in wrestling.

#### cía ho̤h lă lám;

    this is a whole armful.

#### cí câng chīu, ŭ nŏ̤ nâng lám;

    this tree is so large that it would take two persons with outstretched arms to compass it.
* 覽lám50214714
* To take a view of, to inspect.

#### cêk lám cĭn cai;

    understood the whole thing at a glance.

#### lám kó, cai kim;

    review the past in order to comprehend the present.

#### phak lám khûn cṳ;

    has read a host of books.

#### kiong thîaⁿ gū lám;

    I respectfully send this up for Your Majesty's inspection.
* 泥làm630855
* Mire; miry; mud, slush; slushy.

#### hái phîaⁿ kâi làm thô̤;

    the mud from the sea shore.

#### làm îeⁿ;

    mud-flats.

#### thô làm-làm, tâh lô̤h khṳ̀ cū bît pīn kha-lîam;

    the mud is very soft, and if you step on it you sink up to your shins.

#### thô làm, thām lô̤h khṳ̀, lop-cē-kìe;

    the mud is slushy, and when you step into it there is a splashing sound.

#### cía sĭ phìen i khṳ̀ lô̤h làm;

    this is leading him into the slough. ​
* 淋lâm540858
* To drench; to souse; to splash.

#### lâm kàu cêk sin tap-tap-tih;

    drenched so that he was dripping wet.

#### ēng kún cúi lâi lâm i nńg;

    souse it with hot water to soften it.

#### íe cho̤h cúi lâi lâm koi;

    dip out some water and scald the fowl.

#### lâm thâu lâm hĭⁿ cū lâm lôh khṳ̀;

    pour it over him, head and ears, (as water from a shower-bath).

#### lâm pn̄g-ám;

    drench it with rice water.

#### lṳ́ kâi saⁿ lâm tîeh îu;

    your tunic is splashed with oil.

#### khṳt kún cúi lâm kàu kâi phă;

    was splashed by the hot water so as to have a blister raised.

#### i khṳt lâ lâm kàu híam-híam sí

    he came very near being scalded to death by the lard splashing over him.
* 藍lâm50214014
* Blue; indigo blue.

#### lâm sek;

    blue.

#### jī lâm;

    navy blue.

#### saⁿ lâm;

    dark blue.

#### gûeh lâm;

    pale blue.

#### it-pín lâm;

    blue black.

#### chùi lâm;

    a greenish blue.

#### gêk lâm;

    a bluish green.

#### thien lâm;

    azure.

#### i sĭ sía tîeh lâm pńg kâi;

    he is writing out essays on thin paper for the use of lazy students.

#### pó̤-lâm sùaⁿ;

    dark blue thread.

#### lâm pò saⁿ;

    a jacket of dark blue cotton cloth.
* 男lâm6141022
* The male of the human species; a baron; the lowest of the five ranks of nobility.

#### lâm-cṳ́;

    a son; a man.

#### lâm-cṳ́ hàng;

    manly.

#### lâm-jin;

    men.

#### lâm nńg;

    male and female.

#### lâm hŭ láu ìuⁿ;

    those of both sexes and of all ages.

#### lâm kè;

    the men folk.

#### thâu tho̤ sĭ seⁿ lâm a seⁿ nńg?

    Was her first born a boy or a girl?

#### lâm-ciak;

    a baron.
* 南lâm614247
* South; southern; austral.

#### lâm hng;

    the southern regions.

#### lâm pôiⁿ kâi tī-hng jûah;

    southern countries are warm.

#### cí koiⁿ chù hìang lâm, hṳ́ koiⁿ sĭ cŏ̤ lâm;

    this house fronts the south, that one has its back to the south.

#### huang-thai thàu kàu hṳ́ búe cū àiⁿ á hûe lâm;

    when the typhoon has blown itself out it veers to the south.

#### cí lâm cam;

    a magnetic needle.

#### lâm pâk hâng;

    a warehouse where northern and southern goods are exchanged.
* 鋈lâm10651677
* To wash over with metal; to plate.

#### nâng būe sĭ lâm seⁿ-thih kâi, cong-kú tŏ̤;

    men are not plated with iron that they last forever.

#### ío, i m̄ tîeh lâm seⁿ-thih kâi;

    and moreover, he is not invulnerable.

#### hṳ́ tói tâng kâi, cí gūa sĭ lâm ngṳ̂n kâi;

    the inside is brass, and the outside is overlaid with silver.
* 嵐lâm502469
* Vapor or mist.

#### suaⁿ-lâm cìang-khì;

    malarious vapor among mountains.

#### nâng a sĭ chok tîeh suaⁿ-lâm cìang-khì cū àiⁿ seⁿ pēⁿ;

    if people imbibe malaria they become ill.
* 霖lâm50217811
* Long continued rain.

#### hía hŏ cheⁿ-lâm!

    What torrents of rain!

#### hŏ tōa căi lí-kẃn lâm;

    a torrent of rain pouring incessantly.
* 襤䄛lâm-lú502
* Ragged; shabby.

#### saⁿ lâm-lú;

    garments shabby.

#### cêk sin chēng kàu lâm-lâm lú-lú;

    he was clothed in rags.
* 楠lâm614759
* An even grained, yellowish, fine wood, used for furniture; it grows in Kiang-si.

#### cìaⁿ nńg-lâm;

    the real, elastic, yellow-wood.

#### khî-lâm;

    a fragrant wood brought from Anam, and used for beads.
* 婪lâm502388
* Covetous; greedy.

#### tham-lâm;

    avaricious.
* 濫lăm5038514
* A freshet; profuse; excessive; lawless; irregular; beyond bounds; unsettled.

#### cúi hùam-lăm;

    the water surges.

#### hùam-hùam lăm-lăm chŵn bô̤ tīaⁿ keⁿ;

    surging to and fro, with no fixed channel.

#### cò̤ kuaⁿ-hú kâi nâng m̄ hó̤ lăm hêng;

    magistrates must not inflict excessive punishments.

#### ūe màiⁿ lăm tàⁿ, sṳ̄ màiⁿ lăm cò̤;

    do not speak heedlessly, and do not act lawlessly.

#### lăm-sám;

    heedless, lawless, careless, wanton.

#### ciⁿ-ngṳ̂n màiⁿ lăm ēng;

    do not spend your money thoughtlessly.

#### màiⁿ lăm kau-chap phêng-íu;

    do not heedlessly enter into friendships.

#### lăm pó̤;

    give a security carelessly; to recommend without full knowledge.

#### cò̤ ŭ hìeⁿ lăm?

    How could you be so heedless?