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

拉

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

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

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 l6a kâi;

merged in tallow.
gû-lâ;

suet.
tṳ-lâ;

lard.

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

攪

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

溫

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.

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