# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/lui
### lúilúi

* 蕊lúi30114012
* Leaf-buds; flowers in spikes or bushy heads, opening in succession; a classifier of flowers.

#### íⁿ-keng pauh lúi lío;

    has already formed buds.

#### ki-búe lóng-cóng piuh lúi;

    buds have shot out on all the twigs.

#### tiah saⁿ sì lúi hue lâi chah;

    pick three or four flowers and stick them in.

#### chûn cêk lúi tīaⁿ;

    one sprig is left.

#### hŵn-lío hâm-lúi hâm-lúi;

    is still half-blown.

#### cí lúi nĕ hâm-hâm;

    this one is just ready to blossom.

#### cí cêk lúi hue thóiⁿ tîeh chìe-chìe;

    this flower ​is just opening.

#### khṳt nâng chú kàu tn̆g lúi;

    they have all been plucked off by some one.

#### hue-cam, hue-lúi;

    artificial flowers.

#### phang tŏ̤ hue-lúi tói chái bît;

    the bees gather honey from the flowers.

#### hue-lúi sim;

    the pistil.

#### hue-lúi chiu;

    the stamens.
* 彙lúi10565810
* To sort, to classify.

#### jī lúi;

    a glossary.

#### cheh lúi-cîp cò̤ cêk ē;

    collate all the lists.
* 壘lúi5113215
* To mutually destroy, as in fighting; a battle; a rampart; a military wall.

#### tùi-lúi;

    in conflict.

#### cêk lúi cū kìⁿ kúi;

    as soon as they began to fight they were as frightened as if they had seen a ghost.

#### cìen peh gūa lúi, hŵn būe kìⁿ su îaⁿ;

    have fought a hundred battles and not yet found out which is the stronger.

#### i kâi mn̂g cêk phìⁿ tah sîn-thû, cêk phìⁿ tah ut-lúi;

    on each half of the double door, he had pasted an image of an ancient warrior.
* 累lúi111205
* To heap on; to accumulate; to repeat.

#### úi-chṳ̀;

    again and again.

#### àiⁿ lúi cò̤ cîeh kâi a lúi cò̤ cng kâi?

    Are you going to build it up with stones or with bricks?

#### lúi khìam ho̤h cōi tŏ̤ kò̤;

    owes in the aggregate quite a large amount.

#### lúi-cek kú cū cōi;

    if it keeps on accumulating it becomes a large amount.

#### lúi cōi-cōi;

    accummulated in great numbers.

#### cek nî lúi gûeh;

    increasing years and months.
* 誄lúi5111496
* To eulogize the dead; praises of the dead.

#### khṳ̀ pài i, cò̤ kŭa tieⁿ lúi-bûn khṳ̀;

    went to pay a visit of condolence, and took with him an obituary that he had prepared.

#### lúi-sut i seⁿ-phêng kâi tek-hĕng;

    narrate the virtuous actions he performed when living.
* 癗lùi51110413
* Small pimples or blisters; rough skin; a rash.

#### hwt kàu pùi-pùi lùi-lùi;

    broken out in a thick rash.

#### pê kàu hṳ́ kò̤ lùi-lùi;

    scratched it till it is all pimply there.

#### mông tîeh lùi-lùi;

    it is like goose-flesh to the touch.

#### phû cêk pa mông tîeh lùi-lùi;

    a spot has appeared which is very rough to the touch.
* 雷lûi5101735
* Thunder.

#### lûi tâng; lûi híang;

    it thunders.

#### lûi khà sí nâng;

    the lightning struck and killed some one.

#### lûi lū-lū-kìe;

    the thunder roars.

#### lûi hū-hū-kìe;

    the thunder mutters in the distance.

#### lûi leh-leh-kìe;

    the thunder crackles close at hand.

#### lûi kĭa-leh;

    a peal of thunder.

#### lûi leh-cē-kìe;

    a clap of thunder.

#### lûi kūang-cē-kìe;

    the thunder rumbles.

#### lûi lī-lū-kìe;

    the thunder reverberates.

#### lûi lih-leh-kìe;

    the thunder sounds in short sharp successive peals.

#### hut-jîen cêk siaⁿ lûi híang;

    there was a sudden clap of thunder.

#### lûi-sîn; lûi-kong;

    the god of thunder.

#### lûi-kong nih mâk;

    it lightens.

#### lûi tĭen;

    thunder and lightning.

#### khṳt lûi-húe sieⁿ tîeh;

    marked by lightning.

#### i sĭ hŭam lûi eh;

    it has been stuck by lightning.
* 纏lûi4612015
* To coil up; to wind; to swathe.

#### piⁿ lûi cò̤ cang-kíaⁿ-lô;

    twist the queue into a knot on the back of the head.

#### cho̤h sùaⁿ khṳt i lûi cò̤ cêk kâi kîu nĕ îⁿ-îⁿ;

    the thread has been wound up into a round ball by him.

#### tîeh cwn lûi ki tâng-lô̤-thûi lâi phah cìaⁿ hó̤;

    it should have a gong-stick specially wound for beating it.
* 檑lûi5106413
* To triturate; to grind with a pestle in a mortar, making a rumbling sound.

#### lûi au;

    a triturating bowl.

#### lûi-puah, lûi-thûi;

    a pot and pestle used im trituration.

#### lûi kó;

    to sound a drum, in such a way as to make it rumble.

#### lûi sek-līo;

    grind paints.

#### lûi îeh-bûah;

    grind medicinal powders.
* 累lŭi5111205
* To put an affair on another; trouble and responsibility; to involve; to implicate.

#### lŭi tîeh pât nâng;

    involves other people.

#### lŭi-kîp chù-piⁿ;

    compromises his neighbors.

#### khṳt i thoa-lŭi tîeh;

    was implicated by him.

#### i bô̤ thoa bô̤ lŭi;

    he is not concerned.

#### po̤-lŭi kàu ho̤h cōi nâng;

    made trouble for a great number of people.

#### lîen-lŭi i kâi hiaⁿ-tĭ;

    implicated his brothers in it.
* 淚lŭi5128512
* Tears; to weep; dropping like tears.

#### lûi hûn;

    traces of tears.

#### lŭi hĭa jû hŏ

    tears fall like rain.

#### hâm lŭi;

    tears standing in the eyes.

#### pui lŭi;

    mourn and weep.

#### cek khṳt huang chue lío, lŭi cêk koiⁿ;

    the candle being flared by the wind, drops its wax all around.

#### cek cē lŭi cū kōi ŵn;

    a guttered candle burns out quickly.

#### thî lâm, thî lŭi;

    weeping and wailing.
* 類lūi51218110
* Class, genus, species; a sort, a kind; to class with; to assimilate.

#### to sĭ hṳ́ cêk lūi;

    they are all of that sort.

#### tâng lūi kâi nâng;

    the same sort of people.

#### tô̤h kui lūi kui lūi;

    assort them, putting each ​kind by itself.

#### khîm lūi;

    the feathered tribes.

#### thâng lūi;

    the insect species.

#### sìu lūi;

    of the order of wild beasts.

#### hṳ̂ lūi;

    classed among fishes.

#### nâng lūi;

    belonging to the human family.

#### thiok lūi;

    the domestic animals.

#### kúi lūi;

    a sort of demon.

#### ĭ lūi;

    a strange species.

#### cîeh lūi;

    a kind of stone.
* 檑lūi5127513
* To roll down stones on an enemy.

#### ṳ̆-pĭ lūi-bâk phàu-cîeh;

    prepare the missiles that are to be rolled down on the foe.

#### i khṳ̀ phah hṳ́ kâi suaⁿ, khṳt i kâi lūi-bâk phàu-cîeh sieⁿ sí ho̤h cōi nâng;

    they went and attacked them on the hill, and many were killed by the missiles that were rolled down.
* 累lūi5111205
* Perplexed with many affairs; to cumber; embarrassed; encumbrances.

#### thoa lūi kàu i chám căi;

    is so encumbered as to be in great distress.

#### i bô̤ thoa bô̤ lūi;

    he has no embarrassments..

#### i ŭ kúi kâi chùi lūi;

    he has many domestic encumbrances.

#### i khut ke-lūi lŭi tîeh;

    she is cumbered with domestic cares.

#### màiⁿ cah tó̤ lūi sin;

    do not cumber yourself by taking it along with you.
* 彙lūi10565810
* A series; to sort; to classify.

#### jī lūi;

    a lexicon.

#### lūi-cîp cōi, cìaⁿ khṳ̀ càu hûang-sĭang;

    classify and collate all in regular order, and then go and report to the emperor.