A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect (汕頭方言音義字典) / lúi

蕊

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 t˘ng 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

壘

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

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

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

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

纏

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

累

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

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

檑

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

彙

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.

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