lạc

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "lac"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 落 (“to fall; to lose; to stray; lost”). For the "groundnut" sense, compare Chinese 落花生 (luòhuāshēng, “groundnut”).

Adjective

lạc

  1. lost

Noun

(classifier củ) lạc

  1. (Northern Vietnam) peanut, groundnut
    Synonyms: đậu phộng, đậu phụng, đậu lạc
    • 1960, Nguyễn Khải, Mùa Lạc (Peanut Season):
      Một năm đã đi qua. Mùa xuân thứ hai đã đến. Màu xanh thẫm của đỗ, của ngô, của lạc, màu xanh non của lá mạ, màu đỏ tươi của ớt chín lấn dần lên các thứ màu nham nhở, man rợ khác của đất hoang...
      One year already went by. The second spring has come. The dark-green color of beans, of maizes, of peanuts, the light-green color of rice-seedlings, the bright-red hue of ripe capsicums, are steadily overtaking the wasteland's barbaric, blotchy colors.

Verb

lạc

  1. to go stray
  2. to lose
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Romanization

lạc

  1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 樂
Derived terms
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