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 * To cruise about; to patrol; to make a circuit; to inspect, as a guard does.
 * sûn-lô̤;
 * to go around examining.


 * múaⁿ-sì-chù sûn-lô̤;
 * go all around on a tour of inspection.


 * A corral; a stable for cattle; an aviary; a jail; a prison.
 * cŏ̤ lô̤;
 * in jail.
 * in jail.


 * cŏ̤ kam, cŏ̤ lô̤;
 * kept in imprisonment.


 * kìm tŏ̤ thien lôlô̤ [sic];
 * kept in the Emperor's prison.


 * tṳ-lô̤;
 * a pig pen.


 * lô̤-gêk;
 * a prison.


 * lô̤-lit;
 * naked to the waist.
 * lô̤-lit;
 * naked to the waist.


 * pak-chiah-ka lô̤-lit;
 * half-naked.


 * Turnips.
 * lô̤-phîah cí;
 * turnip seed.
 * turnip seed.


 * âng lô̤-phîah;
 * beets.


 * The noise made by geese and ducks when feeding; to feed as a duck does; to gobble up.
 * ah tó̤ lō̤ chek;
 * the duck is eating unhusked rice.
 * the duck is eating unhusked rice.


 * i lō̤ kàu kâi kui pá-pá;
 * he has eaten till his crop is full.


 * cêk úaⁿ pn̄g khṳt i nŏ̤ ē lō̤ cū lô̤h khṳ̀;
 * he gobbles up a bowl of rice at two mouthfuls.


 * in kúi nâng kâi nâng cē lō̤ cū lō̤ ku-ā úaⁿ;
 * each of those people, if they eat at all, will each gobble up several bowlfuls.

 

lô̤h

 * To fall; to tumble; to let fall; to descend; to come down to; to gather at a place; to make a settlement; to put, set or lay a thing down; to enter, as in an account; the place to which one falls or goes; a gathering place or abode; fixed, settled, arranged; a preposition, at, in; it often merely adds force to the verb which it follows.
 * jît hŵn būe lôh;
 * the sun is not yet down.
 * the sun is not yet down.


 * jît-thâu lô̤h suaⁿ lío;
 * the sun is sinking toward the horizon.


 * hó̤ khṳ̀ lô̤h bí, cṳ́ pn̄g;
 * you may go and put in the rice and cook it.


 * cúi àiⁿ lô̤h jîeh cōi?
 * How much water shall I put in?


 * cêng lô̤h îam a būe?
 * Have you salted it yet?


 * būe cêng lô̤h chò;
 * has not yet put on the vinegar.


 * lô̤h khah tîam;
 * you have sweetened it too much.


 * lô̤h hŏ;
 * to rain.


 * hŏ lô̤h;
 * it rains.


 * kău to̤, pàng lô̤h cúi, ŏi phû;
 * his heavy knife, if laid on the water, will float; no matter what he undertakes it always turns out well for him.


 * pûah lô̤h cúi;
 * fell into the water.


 * bŏi tîm lô̤h cúi tói;
 * has not sunk to the bottom.


 * lô̤h hieⁿ, phōiⁿ ùaⁿ;
 * go to the country towns to hold court and try cases.


 * lô̤h kuaⁿ-piaⁿ;
 * send regular troops down upon.


 * tăi lô̤h kang-hu;
 * plenty of work to do.


 * i ka-kī tó̤ lô̤h jît;
 * he makes time to suit himself.


 * kût-kût nē cū lô̤h;
 * it slipped down very easily.


 * sak lô̤h khṳ̀;
 * plug it in.


 * kuah lô̤h khṳ̀;
 * cut it off.


 * ciⁿ lô̤h khṳ̀;
 * wedge it in.


 * chǹg lô̤h khṳ̀;
 * stab it in.


 * īa sĭ jîh tît lô̤h cū cò̤ cē jîh lô̤h khṳ̀;
 * if you can stuff it all in, then do so.


 * khîeh lô̤h khṳ̀ lío;
 * I have put it in.


 * i mng lô̤h tó̤ hṳ́ tói lío;
 * he has already gone down in there.


 * tâh lô̤h khṳ̀, bit jîeh chim;
 * stepped on it, and sunk in ever so deeply.


 * lô̤h bô̤ kò̤-kíaⁿ-ni;
 * put in scarcely a bit.


 * hó̤ lô̤h mē?
 * Shall I go down?


 * bŏi tit lô̤h;
 * cannot descend.


 * úa lô̤h ā;
 * I am going to descend.


 * khah kín, chēng m̄ lô̤h;
 * it is too tight, I cannot wear it.


 * cho̤ lô̤h pò-tō̤ tói;
 * put it into the bag.


 * m̄ tîeh khîeh khui cìaⁿ ŏi tit lô̤h;
 * why don’t you open it, so that I can put it in.


 * khǹg lô̤h keh tói;
 * put away in a drawer.


 * chíu pàng-lô̤h cē;
 * hold your hands a little lower.


 * phŏ̤ lô̤h lâi;
 * take it in your arms and lift it down.


 * cuang lô̤h sieⁿ;
 * pack it away in a trunk.


 * chìu cĭeⁿ chìu lô̤h, chìu kàu chẃn;
 * scrubbed till out of breath.


 * liu lô̤h khṳ̀, lṳ̀ phìu phûe;
 * slipped down, and scraped off some skin.


 * peh cĭeⁿ, peh lô̤h;
 * clamber up and down.


 * cĭeⁿ-cĭeⁿ lô̤h-lô̤h, ho̤h cōi hûe;
 * ascended and descended many times.


 * cìeⁿ-sî ío lô̤h kè;
 * lately the prices are lower.


 * būe cêng lô̤h cū tó̤ jíang “hó̤ lío”;
 * before I had put in any at all she screamed out “Enough.”


 * lô̤h pit;
 * put pen to paper.


 * sía lô̤h cúa;
 * write it down.


 * tò̤ lô̤h úaⁿ;
 * pour it into the bowl.


 * íe lô̤h puah;
 * dip it into the pot.


 * mô̤ⁿ-kha seⁿ khah lô̤h kĕ;
 * her hair grows too low on her forehead.


 * i tó̤ lô̤h-pô̤h kâi sî-hāu;
 * when he is in trouble.


 * phak lô̤h khṳ̀ íam;
 * bent down and peeped in.


 * kâi khang-kíaⁿ sòi-sòi căi tit lô̤h?
 * How can we get down through such a small aperture?


 * i íⁿ-keng lô̤h mô̤ⁿ khṳ̀ cò̤ hûe-sīeⁿ;
 * he has shaven his head, and become a priest.


 * lô̤h chíu khṳ̀ cîam;
 * laid hands on it and drew it near.


 * cŏ̤ lô̤h khṳ̀;
 * sit down.


 * ût lô̤h khṳ̀;
 * lie down.


 * thâp lô̤h khṳ̀;
 * sink and form a hollow.


 * tǹg cŏ̤ lô̤h khṳ̀;
 * fell down into a sitting posture.


 * hâp lô̤h khṳ̀ nĕ kah-kah;
 * when doubled over, it exactly fits.


 * thóiⁿ m̄ lô̤h;
 * cannot see it.


 * phoi-taⁿ lô̤h so̤h;
 * the rope has slipped off the carrying-pole.


 * cìaⁿ lô̤h tíaⁿ;
 * just turned it into the pan.


 * thâu tìeⁿ lô̤h;
 * hung his head.


 * cò̤ lô̤h thâu li, lío cū kùiⁿ-sìⁿ;
 * when you have done the first part you will have become used to it.


 * húiⁿ lô̤h thô;
 * threw himself down upon the ground.


 * tham-cîah pûah lô̤h mêng-thn̂g àng;
 * the glutton falls into the candy-jar.


 * thâk lô̤h