luộc

See also: luòc and lược

Vietnamese

Etymology

From a Tai language; compare Proto-Tai *luəkᴰ (“to scald”) (whence Thai ลวก (lûuak)). Compare also Cantonese 淥／渌 (luk6, “to boil; to scald”), which represents a Tai substrate.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

luộc • (灟, 爥, 𤊒, 𤐠)

(cooking) to boil
- 1957, Đoàn Giỏi, chapter 2, in Đất rừng phương Nam, Kim Đồng:
  Lão chỉ mặc độc chiếc quần đùi: da mặt, da lưng đỏ như cua luộc.
  He only wore his shorts; the skin on his face and back was red as boiled crab.

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