# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/la
### lala

* 拉la497645
* To pull; to drag along or up to one; to tug at; to force; to borrow; to buy on credit; to get out in any way where effort is implied, as coal from a mine.

#### pun i la-la ché-ché, ché kàu hṳ́-kò̤ khṳ̀;

    was lugged along by him, to that point.

#### cía sĭ tŏ̤ pât nâng kò̤ la-ché lâi kâi;

    this is something that has been borrowed with difficulty from another.

#### hīn-khek i kâi mîaⁿ-sek m̄-hó̤, gūa kháu la m̄ tŏng;

    his reputation is now bad, and he cannot get things on credit.

#### la keng;

    to bend a bow.

#### la kúi páng keng;

    bend the bow several times.

#### méⁿ-méⁿ-khṳ̀ la cŭ i kâi bé thâu;

    quickly seize his horse by the head and stop him.

#### la ki to̤ lâi tok;

    seize a knife and chop it.

#### la ki kṳ̀ lâi kṳ̀;

    catch up a saw and saw it off.

#### bô̤ kò̤ sa-la, thô ĕ mông kò̤ cîeh-pó khṳ̀ kâk i;

    there was nothing else that I could get hold of, and so I caught up a stone from the ground and threw it at him.

#### i cía ciⁿ sĭ tŏ̤ chin phêng kò̤ la-lóng kâi;

    this money is what he has borrowed with difficulty from his relations and friends. ​
* 哪la611307
* A final particle denoting certainty.

#### cí kâi hó̤ la;

    this is a good one.

#### hía ngía la, cía m̄ ngía;

    that is pretty but this is not.

#### phiⁿ la;

    it is cheap.
* 喇嘛la-ma498
* A lama; the yellow priests.

#### pak-thâu kâi hûe-sîeⁿ ŭ khí sĭ la-ma-ceng;

    of the priests at the north, some are Thibetian monks.
* 膋lâ52813010
* Tallow; hard fat; the caul.

#### ciaⁿ kâi hó̤ cîah, pêh kâi hó̤ luah lâ;

    can eat the lean, and make the fat into lard.

#### coih lío jîet cò̤ lâ;

    cut it up and try it out into lard.

#### cang-pie lâ;

    the fat part of pork.

#### pang lâ;

    fat taken from the entrails of hogs.

#### nē īam-īam, kio iam-koi lâ cêk īeⁿ;

    very sleek and oily, like the fat of a capon.

#### cìeⁿ-si cē kìm tô, tô pang lăi bô̤ lâ bô̤ sà;

    since the slaughter of animals was prohibited lately, there is neither fat nor meat in the butchers' shops.

#### suah lâ;

    put in some lard.

#### cía sĭ phû îu kâi, a phû lâ kâi?

    Is this fried in oil or in lard?

#### lâ se;

    the caul.

#### câh lâ kâi;

    merged in tallow.

#### gû-lâ;

    suet.

#### tṳ-lâ;

    lard.
* 髼鬆lâ-phà660
* The opposite of compact; loose and disheveled; fluffy.

#### mīⁿ sĭ lâ-lâ phà-phà kâi mûeh-kĭaⁿ;

    raw-cotton is very light in proportion to its bulk.

#### cho̤h cháu lâ-lâ phà-phà, m̄ tîeh thîap-bûa;

    the straw not compactly arranged, and you should pack it together.
* 彀lă3315710
* Adequate ; sufficient; enough.

#### ût m̄ lă;

    did not sleep enough.

#### cîah m̄ lă;

    does not take sufficient food.

#### m̄ lă cîah;

    has not enough to eat.

#### sieh bŏi lă;

    cannot be kind enough to him.

#### ēng kàu i lă;

    use as much as is needed.

#### lă būe?

    Is that sufficient?

#### lă lío;

    that is enough.
* 攪lă3716420
* To stir up, with a stick.

#### lṳ́ kâi chíu tîeh cong-kú lă, m̄ lă i cū àiⁿ tùe ue;

    you must keep stirring it up from the bottom with your hand, if you don't it will stick to the pot.

#### lṳ́ m̄ hó̤ li-li lă; lă lío seⁿ huang;

    you must not keep stirring it, if you do it will (when eaten) produce wind (in the stomach).

#### khîeh sang tṳ̄ lă kàu i câu-câu;

    take a pair of chopsticks and stir it up from the bottom till it is evenly mixed.

#### lă thong cúi-kau;

    stir open the sewer.

#### lă i thong;

    open communication by stirring.

#### lă tîeh phang-tàu;

    stir up a wasps' nest.

#### lă khui;

    poke it open.
* 乘lā77249
* To avail one's self of; to enjoy.

#### lā lîang;

    enjoy the coolness.

#### cîah pá lā lîang huang;

    dine and then enjoy the cool breeze.
* 溫lā-lûn10408510
* Warm; tepid; soothing; bland; lukewarm.

#### tîeh táng i lā-lûn cìaⁿ hó̤ cîah;

    wait till it is only slightly warm then it may be eaten.

#### lā-lûn lā-lûn, lí-kẃn-kúak lô̤h khṳ̀;

    it is of just a pleasant warmth, so gulp it down.

#### lā-lûn-sie cúi;

    tepid water.

#### kúe hŵn-lío ŏi lā-lûn-sie;

    the cake is still slightly warm.