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 * kùa khîeh lâi lap lô̤h khṳ̀;
 * bring the cover and slip it on.


 * To inoculate or infect with a disease.
 * i lap tâk, lap kàu cêk sin lok-lok;
 * he has taken a vile disease and has it so badly that he is rotten with it.
 * he has taken a vile disease and has it so badly that he is rotten with it.


 * To bale out; to dip out.
 * cûn tói kâi cúi khṳ̀ lap cheng-khih;
 * bale out all the water from the bottom of the boat.
 * bale out all the water from the bottom of the boat.


 * lap úaⁿ cui lâi khṳt úa;
 * dip up a bowlful of water and give it to me.


 * To pay at stated times; to pay or present to government.
 * lâp hìang;
 * pay duties.
 * pay duties.


 * lâp ûang-nîe;
 * pay the land tax.


 * bó châng ēng lâp jîeh cōi nîe?
 * What tax is paid on each acre of arable land.


 * cía phò cêk nî lâp i jîeh cōi?
 * How much do you pay him per year for the use of this shop?


 * sĭ lâp ngĕ kâi a sĭ cìe sǹg?
 * Is it paid in money at a fixed time, or is it reckoned in account?


 * kui-lī sĭ soiⁿ lâp ău keⁿ, a sĭ soiⁿ keⁿ ău lâp?
 * Which is the local usage, to pay the rent and then till the ground, or to first till the ground and then pay the rent?


 * lâp co;
 * pay rent.


 * cí kâi kuaⁿ sĭ kĭen-lâp kâi kuaⁿ;
 * this magistrate is one who got his office by purchase.


 * lap-cap ;
 * mixed; unassorted, confused; sweepings; rubbish.
 * mixed; unassorted, confused; sweepings; rubbish.


 * bói chûn kâi cíⁿ bói cò̤ lâp-câp mûeh;
 * the money that I had left after making my purchases, I spent in buying various little things.


 * ēng i tó̤ lí lâp-câp kâi sṳ̄;
 * employ him to do odd jobs.


 * cí cho̤h lâp-lâp câp-câp kâi mûeh siu cò̤ cêk tàⁿ;
 * put these various articles all into one carry.


 * i cí khí lâp-câp jī bô̤ mih pat;
 * he is not well acquainted with these unclassified characters.

láulau [sic]

 * Aged; venerable; a term of respect, resembling Sire; old; out of date; inert.
 * láu sṳ;
 * honored Sir.
 * honored Sir.


 * láu ìuⁿ cn̂g kâi lâi;
 * old and young all came.


 * láu-jîak;
 * feeble from age.


 * kèng láu, cun hîen;
 * revere the aged, and honor the learned.


 * láu-sît;
 * harmless; witless; simple; gullible; gentle; tractable.


 * cò̤ sṳ̄ láu-līen;
 * versed in affairs.


 * sìo nì láu sêng;
 * an old head on young shoulders.


 * láu-kun; láu-cṳ́;
 * names of the founder of the sect of Rationalists, or Tauists.


 * hût láu nŏ̤ kà;
 * the two sects, Buddhists and Tauists.


 * A person; a fellow; one of a class; a demeaning term not infrequently added to the name of a calling.
 * hiang-pa láu;
 * a boor, a clod-hopper.
 * a boor, a clod-hopper.


 * cuang cò̤ gūa-káng láu;
 * pretended to be a fellow from some distant place.


 * kî-ĕ láu;
 * a Tartar.


 * A basket woven of withes and made water tight.
 * cêk kha îu-láu;
 * an oil hamper.
 * an oil hamper.


 * To swindle; to take advantage of.
 * i tó̤ kuang-láu nâng;
 * he swindles people.
 * he swindles people.


 * láu-kíaⁿ;
 * a swindler.


 * The siri used with betel.
 * láu-hîeh;
 * siri leaf.
 * siri leaf.


 * phah kháu láu-hîeh;
 * roll up a mouthful of siri leaf.


 * To girdle with; to wear
 * làu thih-só̤;
 * to wear fetters.
 * to wear fetters.


 * làu cháu-so̤h;
 * be led by a straw rope, as are women who are rejected and sent back to their father's house from a husband's home.


 * i chíu tèng làu cêk pak hieⁿ-cu;
 * he wore a string of scented beads on his wrist.


 * làu chíu-so̤h;
 * wear chain bracelets.


 * To purge; to flow off.
 * làu-sái;
 * diarrhea.
 * diarrhea.


 * i sĭ cn̂g kâi làu sái-cúi, m̄ sêng pùn;
 * he has none but watery stools.


 * làu hùaⁿ kâi o-lô̤ hueh chut lâi;
 * passed dark murky blood several times.


 * To linger; to delay; to saunter.
 * cêk lō cí-kò̤ tau-lâu kúi jît, hṳ́-kó̤ tau-lâu kúi jît, cn̂g kâi m̄ cìn-côiⁿ;
 * on the way lingered here a few days and there a few days, and made no progress at all.
 * on the way lingered here a few days and there a few days, and made no progress at all.


 * To toil, to labor, to fag at; to exert one's self for another; to trouble one, as with a commission; to distress; careworn, burdened; services to the state; meritorious deeds.
 * lâu-tŏng lṳ́;
 * I am putting you to trouble on my account.
 * I am putting you to trouble on my account.


 * lâu-tŏng kùi-kè;
 * I wish to engage your valuable help.


 * m̄ hó̤ khah lâu sīn;
 * do not take too much anxious thought about it.


 * lâu sim thài kùe;
 * overburdened with care.


 * i cò̤ sṳ̄ khṳ̂n-lâu căi;
 * he does things in a very painstaking way.


 * i cêk seⁿ lâu-khó;
 * hers is a life of toil.


 * lâu-lâu lôk-lôk kùe cêk sì;
 * toil and moil through life.


 * cai i kâi kong-lâu;
 * know his merit.


 * lâu kè;
 * excuse my troubling