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 * Warm; balmy.
 * cúi mông tîeh sie-lo̤ sie-lo̤;
 * the water is of a pleasant warmth when the hand is put in it.


 * kúe cìaⁿ sêk kâi, sie-lo̤ sie-lo̤;
 * the cake is just cooked, and is slightly warm.


 * cúi mín hìeⁿ sie, sie-lo̤ sie-lo̤ cū hó̤;
 * the water need not be so hot, if it is lukewarm that is enough.


 * hŵn-lío lo̤-lo̤-sie, bŏi chìn;
 * it is still slightly warm, not yet wholly cooled.


 * cho̤-lo̤;
 * rank, noisome; a strong smell.
 * cho̤-lo̤;
 * rank, noisome; a strong smell.


 * cho̤-lo̤ kâi cêk lî m̄ hó̤ cîah;
 * do not eat the least bit of what is rank.


 * pēⁿ taⁿ hó̤ lío, àiⁿ sĭeⁿ cîah cho̤-lo̤;
 * he is now well again, and wants to eat strong smelling food.


 * i hṳ́ phò lăi kâi bī cho̤-lo̤, phīⁿ tîeh ùi căi;
 * that shop there has o very strong odor about it, and when I smell it, it makes me sick.


 * A note or refrain in singing; the prattle of children.
 * hàm i màiⁿ tàⁿ khah lo̤-so̤;
 * tell him not to talk too much.
 * tell him not to talk too much.


 * i kâi ūe lo̤-so̤ căi, tàⁿ bŏi tit hiah;
 * she keeps prattling on as if she would never stop.


 * cíu cē lô̤h tó ūe cū tàⁿ kàu lo̤-so̤, tàⁿ bŏi tit ŵn;
 * as soon as he swallows the liquor, the words begin to flow in a steady stream, and he talks incessantly.


 * Careless, neglectful.
 * ló̤-chó̤;
 * in a rapid careless manner.
 * in a rapid careless manner.


 * cía cò̤ lâi khah ló̤-chó̤;
 * this is slighted too much in the doing.


 * cía kang-hu ló̤-ló̤ chó̤-chó̤, bô̤ ēng;
 * this work is very carelessly done, and is useless.


 * ló̤-chó̤, sak ceh;
 * obstruct business by neglect.


 * Vexed; disappointed; annoyed.
 * hŵn-ló̤;
 * sorrowful; anxious; troubled.
 * sorrowful; anxious; troubled.


 * lṳ́ màiⁿ hŵn-ló̤;
 * do not be troubled about it.


 * bô̤ hŵn bô̤ ló̤ kâi nâng;
 * one who has no anxieties.


 * A head man; a chief among equals.
 * i tó̤ tng a-ló̤;
 * he is a sergeant in the army.
 * he is a sergeant in the army.


 * tōa ló̤;
 * the camp-master, or head of a garrison.


 * thâu-ló̤;
 * one chosen as head man by his fellows.


 * Lace, net, gauze; openworked, lace-like; certain kinds of silk fabrics, like grenadine.
 * lô̤ pò;
 * lace.
 * lace.


 * lô̤ pò lîam;
 * lace curtains.


 * cêk pit chiu-lô̤;
 * one piece of Chinese grenadine.


 * i ka-kī cṳ̆ tâu lô̤-măng;
 * he delivered himself into the net.


 * lô̤-lîet tŏ̤ sì-ciu-ûi;
 * surround on every side.


 * lô̤-hàng;
 * Buddhist worthies, the term being an imitation of the sound of an Indian word.


 * câp-poih lô̤-hàng;
 * the eighteen personal disciples of Buddha.


 * lô̤-hàng tn̂g-saⁿ;
 * Buddhist scholars.


 * sîam-lô̤;
 * Siam.


 * i cáu kàu sîam-lô̤ khṳ̀ lío;
 * he has run off as far as Jericho by this time.


 * lô̤-keⁿ;
 * a compass.


 * lô̤-keⁿ cam;
 * the magnetic needle.


 * lô̤-keⁿ cò̤-nî khang?
 * Which way does the compass direct?


 * lô̤-kâu;
 * a constellation regarded by horoscopists as very unlucky.


 * i sĭ hŭam tîeh lô̤-kâu;
 * he has the influence of the unlucky stars against him.


 * A gong.
 * phah lô̤ kó;
 * beat gongs and drums.
 * beat gongs and drums.


 * tōa tâng lô̤ khōng-khōng kìe;
 * the great brass gong sounds.


 * bé thâu lô̤ khùaiⁿ-khùaiⁿ-kìe;
 * the gong, carried ahead of the horses in an official procession, sounds.


 * cúa-íaⁿ kâi lô̤-kó teoⁿ-teoⁿ-kìe;
 * the musical instruments accompanying an exhibition of puppets are sounding.


 * tâng lô̤-kíaⁿ thēⁿ-thēⁿ-kìe;
 * the little brass gong is sounding.


 * sòi kâi lô̤-kía theoⁿ-theoⁿ-kìe;
 * the very small gong, such as is used by pedlars to announce their approach, sounds thus.


 * khàng-lô̤ kâi siaⁿ tîuⁿ-tîuⁿ-kìe;
 * the sound of tinkling cymbals.


 * A male.
 * sùe cîah lô̤ lâi khîa;
 * hire a mule and ride.
 * hire a mule and ride.


 * hái-lô̤;
 * a seal.


 * hái-lô̤-phûe;
 * sealskin.


 * A strong inherent flavor.
 * bī khah lô̤, m̄ cheng;
 * its flavor is too strong, it has not an unmixed taste.
 * its flavor is too strong, it has not an unmixed taste.


 * mīⁿ lâi sah o-thn̂g, kâi bī khah lô̤;
 * vermicelli when boiled in unclarified sugar has too strong a taste.


 * Spiral univalves, like snails and whelks; spiral; screw-like; a conch.
 * lô̤-khak;
 * spiral shells.
 * spiral shells.


 * lô̤-nêk;
 * the flesh of spiral univalves.


 * híang lô̤;
 * conch shells, used for sounding a summons upon.


 * pu lô̤;
 * to blow a conch-shell.


 * châng lô̤;
 * fresh water snails.


 * lô̤-si-teng;
 * screws.


 * lô̤-si jẃn;
 * the thread of a screw.


 * húiⁿ lô̤-si;
 * to drive in a screw.


 * Impure; corrupt; turbid; not clear.
 * kâi siaⁿ-im tàⁿ chut lâi thiaⁿ tîeh lô̤-lô̤;
 * his voice sounds very thick.
 * his voice sounds very thick.


 * taⁿ kâi sì-kài to sĭ lô̤-lô̤;
 * the present age is corrupt.


 * cúi mìaⁿ kŏng lô̤;
 * do not roil the water.


 * cúi lô̤, tîeh khîeh hŵn lâi phah i cheng;
 * the water is turbid, it must be settled with alum.


 * sek thóiⁿ-tîeh lô̤-lô̤, m̄ cheng;
 * the color is not clear.