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 borrowed from Old Chinese 蛻 (OC *lot) (B-S).[1]

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [lot̚˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [lok̚˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [lok̚˨˩˨]

Verb

lột • (𢯰, 𦢴, 𧎛)

to strip off clothes
lột truồng ― to strip naked
to peel off skin
Synonym: bóc

lột da ― to shed or peel skin

lột vỏ ― to peel fruit skin

See also

Derived terms

bánh lột da
bóc lột
lột tả
lột vỏ
lột xác
trấn lột

References

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

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