lột

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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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 (OC *lot) (B-S).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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lột (𢯰, 𦢴, 𧎛)

  1. to strip off clothes
    lột truồngto strip naked
  2. to peel off skin
    Synonym: bóc
    lột dato shed or peel skin
    lột vỏto peel fruit skin

See also

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Derived terms

References

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