သွားပွတ်တံ

Burmese

Etymology

သွား (swa:, “tooth”) +‎ ပွတ် (pwat, “to rub, brush”) +‎ တံ (tam, “rod”).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: +သ'ဗွတ်တံ
  • IPA(key): /ðəbʊʔtàɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: swa:pwattam • ALA-LC: svāʺpvatʻtaṃ • BGN/PCGN: dhăbuttan • Okell: thăpuʔtañ

Noun

သွားပွတ်တံ • (swa:pwattam)

  1. toothbrush
    Synonym: သွားတိုက်တံ (swa:tuiktam)

(Nouns)

Further reading

  • “သွားပွတ်တံ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  • “သွားပွတ်တံ” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 1047.
  • Ōno, Tōru (2000) ビルマ(ミャンマー)語辞典 [Burmese dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Daigakushorin, →ISBN, page 749
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