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LEATHER
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leather, phûe; se̍k-phûe. to dress, se̍k-phûe. shoes, phûe-ôi.

leave, lī; lī-khui; lī-pie̍t; sie-pie̍t. off, kài; keh; kói; hiah. to take, sî-pie̍t; chiãm-pie̍t. behind, pàng-tiāu; ka-lau̍h; khì-tiāu; zũi-lo̍h (at death). loath to leave, siá-m̄-tit; siá put-tit-khṳ̀. leavings, só-tshûn.

leaven, kàⁿ-bó. to leaven, lo̍h-kàⁿ; khí-kàⁿ; phû-kàⁿ; huat-kàⁿ.

lecture, sueh-tsṳ; káng-tsṳ; káng-tãu.

ledger, tsóng-phõu.

lee, side, huang-ẽ-pôiⁿ. make leeway under sail, kài.

lees, tsau; tái.

leech, hôu-khî.

leek, kú-tshài. flowers of, kú-tshài-hue.

left, side, tsó-pôiⁿ. hand, tsó-chhiú; tò-chhiú. over, tshûn; sīn.

leg, kha. one, che̍k-chiah-kha. of mutton, iêⁿ-thúi.

legacy, zũi-ngia̍p; zũi-chîⁿ.

legal, ha̍h-huap; lu̍t-huap só-tsún.

legend, kóu-thûan; kóu-tn̄g (written). fabulous, huang-thâng.

legerdemain, tsò-pá-hì; tsò-pa-hì; tsò-hì-su̍t; tién-chhiú-huap; chia-ngán-huap.

leggings, khòu-thúi; khòu-thàu.

legible, hó-tha̍k; jī hīn-hīn; jī thóiⁿ-tit-tshut.

legume, tāu.

leisure, ôiⁿ; bô-sṳ̄; chheng-ôiⁿ. leisurely, mān-mān.

lend, chieh; chieh--pun-nâng. money on interest, seⁿ-chîⁿ. lender, tièⁿ-tsú; pàng-tièⁿ.

leopard, pà.

leprosy, thái-ko; tōa-huang; mûaⁿ-huang.

less, kiám; kèng-chié; m̄-kàu. make, tṳ̂-kiám. become, siau-si̍h.

lesson, say, liām che̍k-hûe-tsṳ. take a lesson from anything, tsṳ̄-kéng.

lest, mién; sái-kàu-mín; khióng-ùi; khióng-phàⁿ; kiaⁿ-ùi; ṳ̃-hûang; ṳ̃-mín.

let, hṳ́; ṳ́; hàuⁿ; tsún. a house, sùe-tshù pun nâng. into, ji̍p. down, pàng-lo̍h. go, pàng. me see, pun-uá-thóiⁿ. let us go, lâi-khṳ̀. let him do it, thèng-i khṳ̀-tsò; kui-i khṳ̀-tsò; thãi-i khṳ̀-tsò. off a gun, pàng-phàu; khui-chhèng. off crackers, phah-phòng-