lột

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lot"

Vietnamese

Etymology

Cognate with Muong lốt. Compare Proto-Katuic *luat (“to peel skin, to slough”) (whence Pacoh loat).

Baxter & Sagart (2014) propose that this is derived from Old Chinese 蛻 (OC *lot) (B-S).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [lot̚˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [lok̚˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [lok̚˨˩˨]

Verb

lột • (𢯰, 𦢴, 𧎛)

  1. to strip off clothes
    lột truồng ― to strip naked
  2. to peel off skin
    Synonym: bóc
    lột da ― to shed or peel skin
    lột vỏ ― to peel fruit skin

See also

References

  1. ^ Baxter, W. H. & Sagart, L. (2014) Old Chinese: A New Reconstruction. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 109
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