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 return for his courtesy?
 * pōiⁿ lói mûeh;
 * prepare the customary offerings.


 * kŭi lô̤h khṳ̀ hôiⁿ lói;
 * kneel in respectful homage.


 * lói to̤, nâng put kùai;
 * no one is offended by much politeness.


 * ke bô̤ sîeⁿ lói;
 * in domestic life one is not formal.


 * kio i kìⁿ lói;
 * salute him on meeting him.


 * sàng lói;
 * make a present.


 * sīa lói;
 * gifts returned for gifts received.


 * hâh lói;
 * polite; in accordance with the rules of etiquette.


 * mín ēng kìaⁿ tōa lói;
 * need not be obsequious.


 * hē tōa lói;
 * make a vow to bring the largest of the customary offerings.


 * bô̤ lói;
 * rude, uncivil.


 * lói-pài-jît;
 * Sunday.


 * lói-pài-tn̂g;
 * a chapel or church.


 * lói-pài hiah;
 * at the close of the service.


 * chit jît cêk kâi lói-pài;
 * Sunday comes once in seven days.


 * lói gâuh;
 * a salute given with musical instruments.


 * tîeh kîaⁿ sĭm-mih lói?
 * What rites must be observed?


 * pô̤h lói;
 * scant courtesy.


 * To assault; to fight with; to set upon.
 * tòa nâng khṳ̀ lòi i kâi tīn;
 * lead men to the attack on their ranks.
 * lead men to the attack on their ranks.


 * lòi-phùa i kâi îaⁿ;
 * storm their camp.


 * lòi kàu i chap-chap-chùi;
 * made an onslanght upon and dispersed them.


 * lòi tit jîp a lòi m̄ jîp?
 * Did they capture the place they assailed or not?


 * A plow; to plow.
 * lôi-thâu;
 * a plow.
 * a plow.


 * lôi-thâu-seⁿ;
 * the plowshare.


 * àu cêk ki lôi;
 * carry a plow on the shoulder.


 * lôi châng;
 * to plow a field.


 * lôi pèⁿ;
 * plow-handle.


 * tó̤ lôi, àiⁿ hūaⁿ hṳ́ kâi pèⁿ;
 * in plowing, will lean on the handle.


 * lôi pê;
 * plows and harrows.


 * A black or dark brown color.
 * lôi bó̤; lôi jîn;
 * the aborigines in Hainan Island.
 * the aborigines in Hainan Island.


 * cheⁿ lôi, sêk lôi;
 * the wild, and the half civilized tribes of aborigines in Hainan.


 * The square plain style of writing Chinese characters.
 * cin chó̤ lŏi tw̆n, sì īeⁿ jī;
 * four styles of Chinese letters, that generally used in printing, the running hand used for rapid writing, the plain square text, and the seal characters.
 * four styles of Chinese letters, that generally used in printing, the running hand used for rapid writing, the plain square text, and the seal characters.


 * A skimmer used by cooks.
 * cáu-lōi;
 * an openwork ladle, made of osiers, wire, or bamboo.
 * an openwork ladle, made of osiers, wire, or bamboo.


 * pn̄g lōi;
 * a skimmer used to take rice from the pot.


 * cang pn̄g lōi tè ta;
 * take the rice skimmer and drain it dry.


 * thih lōi;
 * an iron skimmer.


 * khṳ̀ cwn cò̤ kâi lōi ío tōa kâi kâi;
 * go and have a rather large skimmer made to order.

loih

 * A rain hat.
 * cêk tńg lôih;
 * a splint hat.
 * a splint hat.


 * muaⁿ cang-sui, tì kûe-lôih;
 * wear a rain-cloak, and a leaf hat.


 * hái lôih;
 * a boatman’s hat.


 * tek lôih;
 * a hat made of bamboo.


 * tōa kûe lôih, kûe lôih kíaⁿ;
 * large and small hats made of palm leaves.


 * hûe-sīeⁿ lôih;
 * broad brimmed straw hats, worn by Buddhist priests.


 * ciam téng kûe lôih;
 * an umbrella hat with a very pointed top.


 * ù ceng kîp lôih;
 * hate a priest even to his hat.

lok

 * To rattle; to shake up and down.
 * lok tîeh ŏi híang;
 * if you shake it up and down, it rattles.
 * if you shake it up and down, it rattles.


 * jĭm lok, lok m̄ chut;
 * though I shake it up and down, it does not rattle out.


 * lṳ́ lok thóiⁿ hṳ́ tói ŭ tê-hîeh a bô̤;
 * you shake it and see if there is any dry tea in it.


 * nŏ̤ ciah chíu phŏ̤ lâi lok;
 * clasp it in both hands and shake it up and down.


 * To moil, to toil, to drudge.
 * i cí kúi nî pin-po̤ lâu-lok;
 * he has toiled fruitlessly these many years.
 * he has toiled fruitlessly these many years.


 * i cêk seⁿ sĭm sĭ lâu-lok;
 * he has been a very hard worker all his life.


 * cṳ̆-âi to sĭ lâu-lâu-lok-lok, bô̤ thang khùaⁿ-ûah;
 * has heretofore been constantly drudging, with no opportunity for comfort.


 * The declivity or base of a hill; a copse among hills.
 * suaⁿ kok-lok tói;
 * in the glens of the mountains.
 * in the glens of the mountains.


 * Careless and helpless.
 * cē cîah lău cū lok-khôk;
 * when one becomes old, one becomes inefficient.
 * when one becomes old, one becomes inefficient.


 * cò̤ khṳ̀ lok-lok khôk-khôk;
 * done in a very inefficient way.


 * Very; exceeding; in the extreme.
 * nōiⁿ kàu lok-lok;
 * ulcerated so as to form a running sore.
 * ulcerated so as to form a running sore.


 * phah kàu lok-lok;
 * beaten to a jelly.


 * pû kàu lok-lok;
 * boiled to a pulp.


 * cí nŏ̤ pńg cṳ thâk kàu lok-lok;
 * study these two books till you have them at your tongue’s end.


 * To copy, to transcribe; to record, to make a note of; a summary of doctrine; annals; lectures; a series; an index.
 * chau-lôk;
 * to copy off.
 * to copy off.


 * lôk cò̤ cêk pńg;
 * transcribe into one volume.


 * mâk-lôk;
 * an index.


 * thóiⁿ i kâi mâk-lôk cū cai;
 * look in the index and you will find it.


 * tī-tîang tó̤ lôk keng?