# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/lo
### lo

* 滷ló5568511
* A salt preparation; to pickle.

#### îam-ló;

    brine.

#### cí kò̤ tṳ-nêk khîeh khṳ̀ ló;

    take this pork and pickle it.

#### ló n̆ng;

    to pickle eggs; pickled eggs.

#### i kai ló hó̤ căi;

    the pickle is very nice.

#### lâm cē ló-thng lô̤h khṳ̀;

    put on a little of the pickle.

#### ló-mīⁿ;

    a spiced salt meat stew.

#### gô̤ ló;

    the brine in which a goose has been pickled.

#### cía ló khṳ̀ khah kîam;

    this has been kept in the brine till it is too salt.

#### phâk îam ló;

    to evaporate brine in making salt, tih tīo ló; drain out the brine from salt.
* 了ló52961
* Barely done; just finished.

#### hó̤, ló;

    it is just about done.

#### khùaⁿ-ûah ló;

    just reached the easy part of the work.

#### kàu ló;

    just about to arrive.

#### i mng khṳ̀ ló;

    he was barely gone.

#### khah māng ló;

    just too late.

#### tńg lâi ló;

    just turned to come back.
* 惡ló1063618
* Hate, dislike.

#### úa sĭang ló i;

    I dislike him intensely.

#### ló-hṳ̆n;

    aversion.

#### chūa nâng ló;

    leads to hatred.

#### cí kâi sṳ̄ úa ló căi;

    I detest this business.

#### cèng nâng ló i;

    everybody dislikes him.

#### cí kâi sĭ nâng só̤ ló kâi;

    this is what people hate. ​
* 櫓ló5577515
* The propelling scull on Chinese boats, worked on a pivot on the taffrail; to scull.

#### tŏ̤ cûn búe tèng ĭe ló;

    on the stern of the boat sculling.

#### ló cûn;

    to scull a boat.
* 露lò55717313
* To disclose; to expose; to show through; to exhibit; apparent; naked.

#### chun thâu, lò mīn;

    stretched forth his head and showed his face.

#### kàu ău i kâi sṳ̄ pāi-lò;

    his case was afterward ruined by being divulged.

#### lò chut bé kha;

    the horse’s hoof shows; the thing is divulged.

#### phû kṳn, lò kut;

    much emaciated, so as to show the sinews and bones.

#### chiah-sin lò-thói;

    stark naked.
* 爐lô5558616
* A stove, grate, furnace, chafing-dish or other place for holding a fire.

#### húe-lô;

    a stove, grate or fire-place.

#### huang-lô;

    a portable earthen stove.

#### phuah huang-lô;

    fan the fire in the earthen stove.

#### pó huang-lô theng;

    mend the ventilator of an earthen stove.

#### tê lô-kíaⁿ;

    a small earthen stove used to boil water for tea.

#### hieⁿ-lô;

    a censer.

#### siah lô;

    pewter vases in which insense sticks are burned.

#### cêk lô húe méⁿ-méⁿ;

    a stove full of hot coals.

#### ngṳ̂n cē lô̤h lô cū àiⁿ sio-sîh;

    when silver is put in the crucible it loses weight.

#### kŭaⁿ tìo-lô;

    carry a swinging censer, as is done in processions.

#### lô-kūiⁿ;

    bellows.

#### khí lô;

    build a fire.

#### cîⁿ lô-tíaⁿ;

    a furnace for burning spirit-money.

#### jī-cúa lô;

    a furnace for burning manuscripts or printed paper.

#### cûe-thòaⁿ lô;

    a furnace in which hard coal is burned,

#### chíu lô;

    a brazier, carried to keep the hands warm.

#### lẃn-lô;

    a foot stove.

#### jẃn-lô;

    a chafing-dish.

#### thih lô;

    an iron stove.

#### o̤h khṳ̀ khí lô-càu;

    it is hard to start the fire.
* 鱸lô55519516
* The perch.

#### kûa o, jûah lô;

    in cold weather there are black fish, in hot weather perch.
* 陋lŏ5141706
* Low, vulgar; il-looking ; uninformed; sordid.

#### ko lŏ kuaⁿ bŭn;

    alone and ignorant.

#### seⁿ lâi cho-lŏ;

    naturally very ugly.

#### phah tīo lŏ kui;

    abolish vicious usages.

#### khṳ̀ tīo lŏ sîp;

    do away with debasing customs.

#### mīn-măuⁿ chíu-lŏ;

    ill-favored.
* 醃lŏ10831648
* To pickle; to steep in brine or vinegar.

#### lŏ îam;

    lay down in salt.

#### cang sī-îu sĭo-cíu lâi lŏ;

    pickle it in soy and spirits from Shau-hing-fu in Cheh-kiang.

#### lŏ cò̤ kîam hṳ̂;

    pickle them and make salt fish of them.

#### nín kim nî lŏ jîeh cōi àng chài?

    How many jars of cabbage have you pickled this year?
* 鵪鶉lō-thûn621
* A quail.

#### phah lō-thûn;

    a quail fight.

#### sî-heng kă lō-thûn;

    quail-fighting is fashionable.
* 路lō5571576
* A path, a road, a way where people go; a way of action; an opportunity; a space; a journey; the course pursued.

#### hṳ́ kò̤ sĭ saⁿ-pun lō-thâu;

    that is a point where three roads join.

#### cham-che lō-thâu; câp-jī lō-thâu;

    cross-roads.

#### lō m̄ thong kîaⁿ;

    no thoroughfare,

#### kuaⁿ lō;

    the king’s highway; an official route.

#### sai-khia lō;

    by-paths, private roads.

#### cúi lō;

    water communications.

#### sĭ kîaⁿ cúi lō a sĭ kîaⁿ lêk lō?

    Did he go by water or by land?

#### hāng kâi lō;

    lanes.

#### táng kâi nâng lâi mn̄g lō;

    wait till some one comes along, and then inquire the way.

#### kong-cèng lō;

    a public road.

#### tōa kuaⁿ-lō;

    great highways.

#### péⁿ tŏ̤ lō kháu;

    blocked in at the end of the street.

#### sak lō;

    block up the way.

#### lō tèng kâi nâng sak kàu kṳ̂t-kṳ̂t, bô̤ lō hó̤ kùe;

    the road is closely blocked by the number of people in it, and there is no space for one to get though.

#### cía sĭ put kùe cieh lō keng kùe;

    this is nothing more than seeking room to pass.

#### cí tîo lō-tău ío hó̤;

    this is a better way.

#### lō kût-kût;

    the road is slippery.

#### lō ta a būe?

    Is the road dry yet?

#### lō wn-khek;

    the road is crooked.

#### lō khek lâi khek khṳ̀;

    the road winds hither and thither.

#### ngŏ̤ tîeh, cū wn lō cáu;

    if he meets him he turns off into another path and gets away from him.

#### bé lō;

    a road for horses.

#### chia lō;

    a carriage road.

#### cûn lō;

    passage for boats.

#### suaⁿ lō;

    mountain road.

#### pêⁿ-pêⁿ lō;

    a level road.

#### lō khi-khu;

    the road is rough.

#### bô̤ mn̂g lō;

    nothing to do; out of work; lacking opportunity for action or advancement.

#### bói lō cîⁿ;

    spirit-money scattered along the road by which a corpse is carried.

#### câh lō;

    to barricade a road.

#### côih lō chíeⁿ-kiap;

    to waylay and rob.

#### cô̤h tn̆g lō-thâu;

    intercept on the way; cut off their passage.

#### kàu chù cū chūa kâi lō-thâu pô̤;

    took a wife from the women of the country where he was sojourning.

#### ín lō; chūa lō; kāng lō;

    to guide.

#### khui lō;

    to open a new road.

#### thūn lō;

    mend holes in the road.

#### phah tîo hue lō;

    make a chunam walk.

#### kîaⁿ húe lō;

    walk the fiery road, as do demoniacs.

#### kap-páng-cûn kâi so̤h-lō cōi;

    there is much rigging on a ship.

#### kîaⁿ kàu pùaⁿ lō;

    went half way. ​kîaⁿ tŏ̤ lō tìn-tang;
    walk in the middle of the road.

#### lō piⁿ; lō phâng; lō kîⁿ;

    the roadside.

#### lō thâu, lō búe;

    the ends of a path.

#### koi lō;

    streets.

#### i cìeⁿ-sî bô̤ lō căi;

    he is greatly hedged in of late.

#### i kâi lō-mn̂g khuah;

    he has fine openings before him.

#### tī tîo lō-mn̂g i to ŏi tit kàu;

    he has plenty of opportunities for making a living.

#### seⁿ lō; ûah lō;

    ways of earning a living.

#### sí lō;

    a course that leads to death.

#### i sĭ tbo̤ chūe sí lō;

    he willfully incurs danger.

#### káu jīo kàu khût-thâu-lō, i cū àiⁿ hûe-tńg lâi kă;

    a dog driven to bay will turn around and attack his pursuer.

#### chûah lō cáu;

    escaped by a side path; turned off the road and ran away.

#### cí-kò̤ tùi síe-lō khṳ̀ hó̤ kṳ̆n cêk phò lō;

    by taking the by-path from here the journey is shortened by a league.

#### i ŭ sĭm-mih tău-lō cò̤ a bô̤? ā sĭ bô̤ úa chūe kĭaⁿ sṳ̄-lō i cò̤?

    Has he any opportunity now for earning anything? If not I will find something for him to do.

#### úa cai i kâi kang-hu chíu-lō hó̤;

    I know that what he does is well done.

#### kùe lō kâi nâng;

    passers by.

#### úa àiⁿ kúaⁿ lō, kúaⁿ kàu kàu;

    I wish to hasten on till I reach my destination.

#### kîaⁿ kṳ̆n lō;

    go by the nearest route.

#### kîaⁿ phien lō;

    go by an indirect route.

#### kîaⁿ chûah lō;

    go by a short cut.

#### cìaⁿ lō;

    the right way.

#### tît-lō;

    the direct route.

#### lō phîaⁿ;

    the bank beside the road.

#### tōa lō kha;

    near the highway.

#### kau lō;

    the sewer.

#### hái lō;

    routes at sea.

#### khoi lō;

    river communication.

#### hô̤-lō;

    water-courses.

#### síam lō khṳt i kùe;

    draw back off the road and let them pass.

#### i kâi seng-lí lō sêk;

    he is accustomed to his business.

#### i kâi seng-lí lō sêk;

    he has numerous accounts.

#### lō tîo cho-siap;

    it is hard travelling.

#### lō ôih;

    a narrow way.

#### lō khuah;

    a wide passage.

#### lō câp;

    an intricate passage.

#### kîaⁿ tāⁿ lō;

    took the wrong road.

#### lō cheⁿ;

    a strange road.

#### lō sêk;

    a familiar path.

#### mîⁿ-sit lō-thû;

    lost his way.

#### kū lō;

    the old road.

#### sin lō;

    a new road.

#### ôih lō siang hông;

    met each other in a narrow passage.

#### kîaⁿ lō cĭu kṳ̆n, bói mûeh cĭu phīⁿ;

    in travelling one takes the nearest road, in purchasing articles one takes the cheapest.

#### cĭeⁿ thiⁿ bô̤ lō, jîp tī bô̤ mn̂g;

    would have mounted into the heavens had there been a road or would have sunk into the earth had there been a door.

#### thiⁿ-tn̂g ŭ lō, lṳ́ m̄ khṳ̀ tī-gêk bô̤ mn̂g, lṳ́ cìn lâi;

    though there were a road to heaven you would not travel it, and though hell had no door you would draw near to it.

#### to̤-lō côih lâi hó̤;

    it is well sliced.

#### nûa lō;

    close the passage.

#### ìo lō;

    an important route.

#### cîⁿ lō;

    the circulation of money.

#### lō phêng;

    the road is safe.

#### ah lō;

    to convoy on the way.

#### cíeⁿ lō;

    guard the passage.

#### siu kîe, cò̤ lō;

    repair bridges and make roads.

#### suaⁿ lō, thô lō, cîeh lō;

    a road which is sandy, clayey or stony.

#### lō seⁿ chì;

    the path is thorny.

#### khui māng lō;

    to open the dark road, to cheer the spirit of the departed as it starts on its way to another world.

#### thóiⁿ châk lō;

    look into the way by which the thief entered.

#### m̄ hó̤ kîaⁿ kût lō;

    do not go in slippery paths.

#### hôk lō;

    lie in ambush by the way.

#### kîaⁿ hn̆g lō;

    take along journey.

#### lō-kèⁿ;

    the path.

#### thau cáu lō;

    take flight.

#### sûn lō;

    patrol the streets.

#### sŭn lō, m̄ sŭn lō;

    on or off the route.

#### lō tò̤-ká;

    took an indirect route.

#### i m̄ cĭu lō;

    he did not follow the road.

#### kuaⁿ-cìaⁿ lō;

    the correct way.

#### i kâi lí-lō tn̂g;

    he has many reasons to set forth.

#### i kâi húe-lō hó̤;

    his appliances for heating and lighting are in good order.

#### ke-húe lō chi-pĭ;

    the tools are all ready.

#### thóiⁿ i kâi pit lō cò̤-nî kîaⁿ;

    see in what way he moves his pen.

#### kúi cūe lō, tī cūe lō pêⁿ?

    Of these several roads, which is most level?

#### cí tîo lō ún;

    this is a safe way.

#### màiⁿ kîaⁿ híam lō;

    do not walk in dangerous paths.

#### cí tîo lō híam-ài;

    this is a perilous path.

#### lō kĭa-kĭa;

    the road is very steep.

#### lō pho̤-lo̤-sia;

    the road is a descent.

#### nán tâng lō;

    we are going the same way.

#### lō pun a;

    the road divided.

#### kàu hṳ́ kò̤ pun lō;

    at that point the roads diverge.

#### sùaⁿ-lō lîah tît-tît;

    make your seam perfectly straight.

#### cêk lō kṳ̀ jîeh cōi cîⁿ?

    How much do you get for sawing one cut lengthwise?
* 露lō55717313
* The dew; mist that forms in drops of rain; to bedew.

#### lō-cúi;

    dew.

#### cêk tíam lō;

    a dewdrop.

#### hue lō;

    fluid perfumes.

#### bûn-kùi lō;

    rose-water.

#### méⁿ jît tăng lō;

    hot sun makes heavy dew.

#### kìⁿ tîeh lō cúi;

    get the dew on it.

#### khîeh khṳ̀ lō lō-cúi;

    take it and put it where the dew will fall on it.

#### cêk sin khṳt i lō kàu lok-lok;

    drenched with dew.

#### lō cêk lîap cêk lîap chin-chîeⁿ cu;

    dew in drops like pearls.