သွားကြားထိုးတံ
Burmese
Etymology
From သွား (swa:, “tooth”) + ကြား (kra:, “between”) + ထိုး (htui:, “to stab”) + တံ (tam, “rod-like thing”), thus literally “stabbing rod for between the teeth”.
Pronunciation
- Phonetic respelling: သွားဂြားထိုးဒံ
- IPA(key): /θwád͡ʑátʰódàɴ/
- Romanization: MLCTS: swa:kra:htui:tam • ALA-LC: svāʺkrāʺthuiʺtaṃ • BGN/PCGN: thwa:gya:hto:dan • Okell: thwàcàhtoùtañ
Noun
သွားကြားထိုးတံ • (swa:kra:htui:tam)
- toothpick
Further reading
- “သွားကြားထိုးတံ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.