# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/lo̤h
### lô̤hlô̤h

* 落lô̤h5531409
* To fall; to tumble; to let fall; to descend; to come down to; to gather at a place; to make a settlement; to put, set or lay a thing down; to enter, as in an account; the place to which one falls or goes; a gathering place or abode; fixed, settled, arranged; a preposition, at, in; it often merely adds force to the verb which it follows.

#### jît hŵn būe lôh;

    the sun is not yet down.

#### jît-thâu lô̤h suaⁿ lío;

    the sun is sinking toward the horizon.

#### hó̤ khṳ̀ lô̤h bí, cṳ́ pn̄g;

    you may go and put in the rice and cook it.

#### cúi àiⁿ lô̤h jîeh cōi?

    How much water shall I put in?

#### cêng lô̤h îam a būe?

    Have you salted it yet?

#### būe cêng lô̤h chò;

    has not yet put on the vinegar.

#### lô̤h khah tîam;

    you have sweetened it too much.

#### lô̤h hŏ;

    to rain.

#### hŏ lô̤h;

    it rains.

#### kău to̤, pàng lô̤h cúi, ŏi phû;

    his heavy knife, if laid on the water, will float; no matter what he undertakes it always turns out well for him.

#### pûah lô̤h cúi;

    fell into the water.

#### bŏi tîm lô̤h cúi tói;

    has not sunk to the bottom.

#### lô̤h hieⁿ, phōiⁿ ùaⁿ;

    go to the country towns to hold court and try cases.

#### lô̤h kuaⁿ-piaⁿ;

    send regular troops down upon.

#### tăi lô̤h kang-hu;

    plenty of work to do.

#### i ka-kī tó̤ lô̤h jît;

    he makes time to suit himself.

#### kût-kût nē cū lô̤h;

    it slipped down very easily.

#### sak lô̤h khṳ̀;

    plug it in.

#### kuah lô̤h khṳ̀;

    cut it off.

#### ciⁿ lô̤h khṳ̀;

    wedge it in.

#### chǹg lô̤h khṳ̀;

    stab it in.

#### īa sĭ jîh tît lô̤h cū cò̤ cē jîh lô̤h khṳ̀;

    if you can stuff it all in, then do so.

#### khîeh lô̤h khṳ̀ lío;

    I have put it in.

#### i mng lô̤h tó̤ hṳ́ tói lío;

    he has already gone down in there.

#### tâh lô̤h khṳ̀, bit jîeh chim;

    stepped on it, and sunk in ever so deeply.

#### lô̤h bô̤ kò̤-kíaⁿ-ni;

    put in scarcely a bit.

#### hó̤ lô̤h mē?

    Shall I go down?

#### bŏi tit lô̤h;

    cannot descend.

#### úa lô̤h ā;

    I am going to descend.

#### khah kín, chēng m̄ lô̤h;

    it is too tight, I cannot wear it.

#### cho̤ lô̤h pò-tō̤ tói;

    put it into the bag.

#### m̄ tîeh khîeh khui cìaⁿ ŏi tit lô̤h;

    why don’t you open it, so that I can put it in.

#### khǹg lô̤h keh tói;

    put away in a drawer.

#### chíu pàng-lô̤h cē;

    hold your hands a little lower.

#### phŏ̤ lô̤h lâi;

    take it in your arms and lift it down.

#### cuang lô̤h sieⁿ;

    pack it away in a trunk.

#### chìu cĭeⁿ chìu lô̤h, chìu kàu chẃn;

    scrubbed till out of breath.

#### liu lô̤h khṳ̀, lṳ̀ phìu phûe;

    slipped down, and scraped off some skin.

#### peh cĭeⁿ, peh lô̤h;

    clamber up and down.

#### cĭeⁿ-cĭeⁿ lô̤h-lô̤h, ho̤h cōi hûe;

    ascended and descended many times.

#### cìeⁿ-sî ío lô̤h kè;

    lately the prices are lower.

#### būe cêng lô̤h cū tó̤ jíang “hó̤ lío”;

    before I had put in any at all she screamed out “Enough.”

#### lô̤h pit;

    put pen to paper.

#### sía lô̤h cúa;

    write it down.

#### tò̤ lô̤h úaⁿ;

    pour it into the bowl.

#### íe lô̤h puah;

    dip it into the pot.

#### mô̤ⁿ-kha seⁿ khah lô̤h kĕ;

    her hair grows too low on her forehead.

#### i tó̤ lô̤h-pô̤h kâi sî-hāu;

    when he is in trouble.

#### phak lô̤h khṳ̀ íam;

    bent down and peeped in.

#### kâi khang-kíaⁿ sòi-sòi căi tit lô̤h?

    How can we get down through such a small aperture?

#### i íⁿ-keng lô̤h mô̤ⁿ khṳ̀ cò̤ hûe-sīeⁿ;

    he has shaven his head, and become a priest.

#### lô̤h chíu khṳ̀ cîam;

    laid hands on it and drew it near.

#### cŏ̤ lô̤h khṳ̀;

    sit down.

#### ût lô̤h khṳ̀;

    lie down.

#### thâp lô̤h khṳ̀;

    sink and form a hollow.

#### tǹg cŏ̤ lô̤h khṳ̀;

    fell down into a sitting posture.

#### hâp lô̤h khṳ̀ nĕ kah-kah;

    when doubled over, it exactly fits.

#### thóiⁿ m̄ lô̤h;

    cannot see it.

#### phoi-taⁿ lô̤h so̤h;

    the rope has slipped off the carrying-pole.

#### cìaⁿ lô̤h tíaⁿ;

    just turned it into the pan.

#### thâu tìeⁿ lô̤h;

    hung his head.

#### cò̤ lô̤h thâu li, lío cū kùiⁿ-sìⁿ;

    when you have done the first part you will have become used to it.

#### húiⁿ lô̤h thô;

    threw himself down upon the ground.

#### tham-cîah pûah lô̤h mêng-thn̂g àng;

    the glutton falls into the candy-jar.

#### thâk lô̤h ​tó;

    study it till it becomes fixed in the mind.

#### lô̤h sôk;

    become common.

#### lô̤h hue;

    lose its petals.

#### lô̤h hîeh;

    shed its leaves.

#### lô̤h sì a m̄ lô̤h sì?

    Is it set down squarely or not?

#### táng kàu cai, i kâi thâu to lô̤h tháng-kíaⁿ khṳ̀ lío;

    wait till you know, and by that time his head will have dropped into the bucket.

#### lô̤h bé;

    dismount from a horse.

#### lô̤h kîe;

    stepped upon the bridge.

#### lô̤h kīe;

    set down the sedan-chair.

#### buah lô̤h khṳ̀ cū cō̤-cō-kìe;

    as soon as it was rubbed on, it eased the pain.

#### lô̤h lâu-thui;

    go down the stairs.

#### lô̤h lâu-ĕ;

    go down stairs.

#### siu lô̤h cêk láng;

    put into a bag.

#### cîah m̄ lô̤h;

    cannot eat.

#### cîah tit lô̤h;

    can swallow it.

#### khṳt huang chue lô̤h lâi;

    blown down by the wind.

#### cûn àiⁿ sái cĭeⁿ a sái lô̤h?

    Is the boat to sail against or with the current?

#### lap lô̤h khṳ̀;

    tumbled over.

#### lṳ́ kio úa lô̤h kâi nía;

    you put on the collar for me.

#### híam-híam lô̤h;

    on the point of falling.

#### khṳt phang tàng lô̤h khṳ̀, hè-cē-kìe;

    got stung by a wasp and yelled.

#### hûa khṳ̀ lô̤h páng;

    tuned so as to accord.

#### sía m̄ lô̤h keh;

    write in irregular lines.

#### sía kàu lô̤h jūe;

    write rapidly and beautifully.

#### khĭa kàu lô̤h kha khùi;

    stood till my legs ached.

#### chap m̄ lôh khûn;

    did not afiiliate with them.

#### àiⁿ lò̤h cîⁿ mē?

    Will you bet on it?

#### cío cêng lô̤h tō̤ a būe?

    Have the quails been withdawn from the pit?

#### i kai nâng súe-lô̤h căi;

    he is very affable.

#### put lŭn kìⁿ tîeh sĭm-mih nâng to sĭ súe-súe lô̤h-lô̤h;

    whomsoever he meets, he treats them with great suavity.

#### lô̤h sìo;

    enter in account.

#### būe cêng kìⁿ lô̤h phŏ;

    have not yet entered it in the list.

#### kúi jît cĭeⁿ pang, kúi jît lô̤h pang;

    is on duty for a few days, and then off duty for a few days.

#### i cí hûe tó̤ lô̤h lêng; i tó̤ lô̤h thâi;

    he is losing money; he is not prospering at present.

#### ŭ ciⁿ lô̤h īe-tŏ cū bōi;

    will sell it if I can make anything upon it.

#### àiⁿ cĭeⁿ pak a lô̤h lâm?

    Are you going north or south?

#### i lô̤h a-nôⁿ lío, sin-hun khùn;

    she has had a miscarriage and is very weak.

#### hì lô̤h pêⁿ lío;

    the performance is closed.

#### lô̤h sng, lo̤h so̤h;

    there is frost and snow.

#### ciang-sî sng lô̤h, so̤h lô̤h àiⁿ khṳ̀ tī-kò̤?

    At this season, when the frost and snow are upon us, where would you go?

#### tṳ̄ lô̤h sîah, àiⁿ ŭ cîah;

    when one’s chop-stick falls off the table, he is going to get an invitation to dinner.

#### àiⁿ lô̤h cò̤ sĭm-mih khẃn?

    In what style will you write your autograph?

#### mn̂g tîeh cai lô̤h chēng;

    remember and bar the door.

#### i cìeⁿ-sî lô̤h nêk;

    she is losing flesh lately.

#### cêng lô̤h hùe a būe?

    Is the cargo in yet?

#### cē lô̤h khuang cū kiu khṳ̀;

    as soon as he was put into the arena, he drew back.
* 駱駝lô̤h-tho̤h553
* A camel.

#### khang lô̤h-thô̤h;

    to take care of camels.