lói

Cognate with Italian luglio.

• IPA^(key): /ˈloj/

lói m (uncountable)

1. July

• IPA^(key): /lɔɪ⁵⁵/

lói

1. (Patsho) To lift loose things that are soft like cloths, leaves, twisted ropes or branches etc.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [lɔj˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [lɔj˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [lɔj˦˥]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

lói

1. (colloquial) tube-shaped firecracker

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

lói • (𤈞, 𤑭/󰌜)

1. (in general) sharp, thin, piercing (to the eyes, ears, or skin):
   1. (of light) dazzling, glaring; or flickering, glimmering; (of color) gaudy, garish

      chói lói ― dazzling

      le lói ― to glimmer

      đỏ lói ― garishly red

   2. (of sound) blaring, ear-piercing

      lói tai ― blaring (literally, “sharp to the ears”)

   3. (of skin) raw, ulcerated; (archaic or dialectal) giving off a stabbing, shooting pain

      lở lói ― to be pockmarked

      Synonym: (of pain) nhói

Variant form of lọi.

lói

1. alternative form of lọi (“to break (a limb)”)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

lói

1. only used in chóc lói (“nosy, talkative”)

• “lói”, in Soha Tra Từ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Vietnam Communications Corporation.