Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/loi

by Adele Marion Fielde

lói

• 禮lói52011313
• A step or act, particularly acts of worship, which will bring happiness; propriety, etiquette, ceremony, rites; the decent and decorous in worship and in social life; decorum, manners; official obeisance, worship, courtesy; offerings, gifts required by usage, vails,

lói huap; lói sìo;

etiquette, the rules of good society; politeness; ceremonies; courtesies.

lói măuⁿ;

good manners.

lói ngî;

a gift which custom requires one to offer.

ēng sĭm-mûeh lâi hôk i kâi lói?

What would be a suitable 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.

• 攻lòi461673
• To assault; to fight with; to set upon.

tòa nâng khṳ̀ lòi i kâi tīn;

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?

• 犁lôi515937
• A plow; to plow.

lôi-thâu;

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.

• 黎lôi5152023
• A black or dark brown color.

lôi bó̤; lôi jîn;

the aborigines in Hainan Island.

cheⁿ lôi, sêk lôi;

the wild, and the half civilized tribes of aborigines in Hainan.

• 隸lŏi5241718
• 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.

• 篱lōi51711811
• A skimmer used by cooks.

cáu-lōi;

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.