သွားကြားထိုးတံ

Burmese

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Etymology

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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

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  • Phonetic respelling: သွားဂြားထိုးဒံ
  • IPA(key): /θwád͡ʑátʰódàɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: swa:kra:htui:tam • ALA-LC: svāʺkrāʺthuiʺtaṃ • BGN/PCGN: thwa:gya:hto:dan • Okell: thwàcàhtoùt

Noun

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သွားကြားထိုးတံ (swa:kra:htui:tam)

  1. toothpick

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