Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/lap
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lap[edit]
- cêk hù chíu-lap;
- a pair of gloves.
- khah tōa, lap m̄ lô̤h;
- it is too large and will not go into the case.
- khîeh kâi pò-tō̤ lâi lap;
- take a bag and slip this into it.
- lap lô̤h khṳ̀ kín-kín;
- it goes into the case with no room to spare.
- táng úa lap sang bûeh lío;
- wait till I put on my stockings.
- cía sǹg sĭ lap tîeh kâi, m̄ sĭ hàuⁿ kâi;
- this was something that circumstances forced him into, not something that he did willingly.
- lap tîeh cū pak m̄ lut;
- if you get involved in it, you cannot afterward free yourself.
- i kâi ūe tàⁿ lío lap sin, ka-kī lap ka-kī;
- he implicated himself by his own talk.
- i cìaⁿ lap tò̤ lap; to sĭ tó̤ kuang nâng;
- he casts his noose hither and thither, everywhere ensnaring people.
- i cía ūe sĭ tó̤ lap i kâi;
- in saying this he is laying a snare for her.
- i huaⁿ-hí nâng lap káu tō̤;
- he is delighted when he can get anyone to be his lackey.
- cía sĭ lap tîeh chì-tek khṳ̂t;
- this is being caught on the spikes of the thorny bamboo.
- saⁿ sĭ khṳt kheng-kîⁿ lap lîh;
- the jacket was rent by catching upon the rim of the basket.
- i lap nâng kâi cè, lap kàu bît-bît;
- he is over head and ears in debt.
- cè lap pīn mâk;
- in debt up to his eyes.
- lap kàu i cē jīn cū phōiⁿ i;
- entrap him into confessing and then bring him to trial.
- kùa khîeh lâi lap lô̤h khṳ̀;
- bring the cover and slip it on.
- 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.
- cûn tói kâi cúi khṳ̀ lap cheng-khih;
- 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.
- lâp hìang;
- 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.
- 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.