loincloth

English

Etymology

From loin +‎ cloth.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: loin‧cloth

Noun

loincloth (plural loincloths)

1. A garment worn about the loins and covering the crotch.
   • 1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 4, in Pulling the Strings:

     The case was that of a murder. It had an element of mystery about it, however, which was puzzling the authorities. A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff.

Translations

garment

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Basque: zakil-zorro, gerripeko
• Bulgarian: набедрена превръзка f (nabedrena prevrǎzka)
• Catalan: tapall m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 纏腰帶／缠腰带 (chányāodài), 纏腰布／缠腰布 (chányāobù)

• Danish: lændeklæde n
• Dutch: lendendoek (nl) m
• Egyptian: (šnḏwt f)
• Esperanto: zontuko, lumbotuko
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: lannevaate
• French: pagne (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Lendenschurz (de) m, Lendentuch n, Schamschürze f
• Greek:

  Ancient: ζῶμα n (zôma), διάζωμα n (diázōma), περίζωμα n (perízōma)

• Hindi: लंगोट (laṅgoṭ), लंगोटी (laṅgoṭī)
• Hungarian: ágyékkötő (hu)
• Indonesian: cawat (id)
• Irish: bréid gabhail f
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: ロインクロス (roinkurosu), (traditional Japanese) 褌 (ja) (fundoshi)
• Konkani: काष्टि (kāṣṭi)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: subligaculum n
• Malayalam: കോണകം (ml) (kōṇakaṁ)
• Maore Comorian: (for men) shikoi class 7/8
• Maori: maro
• Nahuatl:

  Classical Nahuatl: maxtlatl

• Navajo: tłʼeestsooz
• Ngazidja Comorian: (for men) ikoi class 7/8, (for women) leso class 9/10
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lendeklede n

• Polish: przepaska (pl) f, przepaska biodrowa (pl) f
• Portuguese: tanga (pt) f
• Rapa Nui: hami
• Rohingya: dúti
• Russian: набе́дренная повя́зка (ru) f (nabédrennaja povjázka)
• Spanish: taparrabos (es) m
• Swedish: höftskynke n
• Tagalog: bahag
• Tamil: கோவணம் (ta) (kōvaṇam)
• Tausug: sullit
• Ternate: sabeba
• Thai: ผ้าเตี่ยว (th) (pâa-dtìao)
• Turkish: peştamal (tr)
• Ukrainian: пов'язка на пояс (povʺjazka na pojas)
• Vietnamese: khố (vi)
• Volapük: genämalebavet
• Welsh: lliain lwynau m

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