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]
• (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

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

References

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