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lốt

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Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Chinese (OC *l̥ˤot-s) (B-S) (SV: thuế).[1]

Noun

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lốt (𧙻, 𪻃)

  1. (zoology) shed or molted skin; slough
    rắn thay lốta snake molting/shedding
  2. (figurative) a guise (cover; cloak) or a disguise (attire to hide/assume an identity; that which masks what's beneath)
    sói đội lốt cừua wolf in sheep's clothing
    • Anonymous author, included in
      Gà lôi đội lốt con công,
      Tưởng rằng mình ngộ đi dông đi dài.
      Gặp công xốc lại nhập bầy,
      Công đá xể mặt trầy mày đuổi đi.
      A pheasant disguised itself as a peafowl,
      It imagined itself to be extraordinary and strutted far and wide.
      Encountering peafowls, it approached (and attempted) to join their flock;
      The peafowls kicked it, scraping its face and scratching its brows, and drove it away.

Noun

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lốt

  1. (obsolete, honorific) snake
    • 1915, Phan Kế Bính, Việt Nam phong tục [Vietnamese customs]:
      Con hùm kiêng gọi là ông ba mươi, con rắn kiêng gọi là ông lốt, con voi kiêng gọi là ông vâm.
      As a form of avoidance, the tiger is called ông ba mươi, the snake is called ông lốt, the elephant is called ông vâm.
References
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  1. ^ Baxter, W. H. & Sagart, L. (2014) Old Chinese: A New Reconstruction. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 115

Etymology 2

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Noun

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(classifier cây) lốt (𫉡)

  1. (rare) Piper sarmentosum (syn. Piper lolot)
    bò nướng lá lốtgrilled beef in (piper) lolot leaves
Usage notes
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It is rarely used alone after classifer cây and is mostly attested in the compound lốt (literally, piper lolot leaf/leaves).

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