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 lok-lok;
 * whenever it rains hard it leaks so that everything is dripping wet.


 * i kâi cûn tiam lāu khṳ̀;
 * his boat was made to leak by hitting upon a stone.


 * iap-lāu
 * to ooze out.


 * cáu lāu;
 * run out.


 * tâng-hû tih-lāu;
 * a clepsydra.


 * ŏi jŭi-lāu mûeh-kĭaⁿ a bŏi?
 * Did he leave any property?


 * cĭ kâi lâi chō̤ cúi bŏi lāu;
 * this will not leak if water is put in it.


 * khîeh khṳ̀ kek, thóiⁿ ŏi lāu a bŏi;
 * take it and go and press it down on the water and see whether it leaks or not.


 * khṳt i lāu măng khṳ̀;
 * let him slip out of the net.


 * cûn làu kang tang pó lāu chî;
 * it is rather late to stop the leak when the boat is in mid channel.


 * cí kâi kha-thâng lāu;
 * this wash-tub leaks.


 * i kâi ciah sĭ tih tîeh hŏ lāu kâi;
 * the marks have been made by the rain dripping on it.


 * thăi lāu;
 * wait for an opening.


 * cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ m̄ hó̤ lāu-huang;
 * do not breathe a word concerning this matter.


 * Hum; bustle; tumult.
 * lāu-jîet;
 * much commotion; many going to and fro.
 * much commotion; many going to and fro.


 * hṳ́ kò̤ khah lāu-jîet;
 * there is too much bustle there.


 * múaⁿ-tī-kò̤ lāu-lāu jîet-jîet;
 * a great stir everywhere.


 * A purient tumor.
 * thĭ-lāu;
 * bleeding piles.
 * bleeding piles.

lauh

 * To lap up with the tongue.
 * thiaⁿ kìⁿ tṳ tó̤ lauh phun;
 * heard the swine eating their swill.
 * heard the swine eating their swill.


 * cí ciah tṳ thó̤ ciah căi, lauh kàu cô̤ cheng-khih cheng-khih;
 * this hog is very eager for food, he has eaten his trough quite clean.


 * káu tó̤ lauh cúi, ngio tó̤ lauh nêk-thng;
 * the dog is lapping water and the cat is lapping soup.


 * Dilapidated and ready to tumble down.
 * cía chù lauh căi, tâk bô̤ mih cîⁿ;
 * this house is very dilapidated and is not worth much.
 * this house is very dilapidated and is not worth much.


 * hía chù lauh-lauh, put kú tîeh tó̤;
 * that house is very shaky, and will tumble down before long.

le

 * A particle used to arrest the attention, and not usually needing to be translated.
 * i le to m̄ cai hó̤ khiah;
 * as for him, he knows not good from evil.
 * as for him, he knows not good from evil.


 * cò̤ úa le cū àiⁿ;
 * if it were I, I should want it.


 * côiⁿ le mih-mûeh to ŭ;
 * formerly, everything was to be had.


 * jîak sĭ úa le, cĭu m̄ cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤;
 * if it were I, indeed I would not do so.


 * kip kàu i tōa le cĭu hío kui-kṳ́;
 * when he is larger he will without doubt know how to behave himself.


 * taⁿ le cĭn m̄ sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * now-a-days, it is not so.


 * i tàⁿ hó̤ le;
 * he says it is finished.


 * màiⁿ le;
 * I do not want it.


 * A sham; pretence; false.
 * cò̤ khṳ̀ lĕ-ké;
 * made showily and not substantially.
 * made showily and not substantially.


 * cí ciah chn̂g cò̤ lâi lĕ-ké, m̄ tōiⁿ, m̄ cin tieⁿ;
 * this table is shabbily put together, it is neither strong nor well joined.


 * úa thiaⁿ tîeh lĕ-lĕ ké-ké, cò̤-nî cū cin-sît cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * it sounds to me like a trumped up story, how is it that it can be true.

leh

 * A sharp report of thunder; a clap.
 * lûi leh-leh-kìe;
 * the thunder sounds in short sharp claps.
 * the thunder sounds in short sharp claps.


 * tâng-cá lûi kong kĭa leh, sĭ khà sí ŭ sĭm-mûeh kâi īeⁿ;
 * a little while ago there was a sudden sharp clap of thunder, it sounded as if it might have struck and killed something.


 * bó̤-bó̤ sĭ-sĭ lûi leh-cĕ-kìe;
 * it thundered unexpectedly.


 * A noise of splitting.
 * i kâi ūe tàⁿ lâi lío-lío leh-leh;
 * he speaks in a very shrill voice.
 * he speaks in a very shrill voice.


 * cí kâi sòi kâi tàⁿ khṳ̀ kèng lío-leh, hṳ́ kâi tōa kâi tàⁿ khṳ̀ kèng hû-thû;
 * the little fellow speaks very shrilly, while his elder brother speaks more softly.


 * To cut open; to slash.
 * tṳ-thâu lêh cò̤ nŏ̤ pôiⁿ;
 * cut the pig's head in two.
 * cut the pig's head in two.


 * kúe àiⁿ leh cò̤ kúi lìam?
 * How many pieces shall I cut the cake into?


 * khṳt to̤ lêh tîeh;
 * was cut by the knife when I was cutting up something.


 * lêh cò̤ sì kak;
 * quarter it.


 * i lêh tó, khṳ̀ tùi i sí;
 * he cut open his own bowels, in order to convict the other man of crime.


 * lêh pêh ah, khṳ̀ tú tīo i;
 * killed one of their own party, in order to use the death as a counter charge against the enemy.


 * cí ciah koi leh-khui hṳ́-tói cĕng-cĕng lâ;
 * when this fowl was cut open the inside was full of fat.


 * sie thâi sie lêh;
 * cut and slash each other.


 * A scratch ; a trace left by claws.
 * chíu khṳt ngio jìo kàu cêk lêh cêk lêh;
 * his hand has been scratched by the cat.
 * his hand has been scratched by the cat.


 * lṳ́ khṳt tī-tîang khau kàu hìeⁿ cōi lêh?
 * Who has scratched you like that?