wagam

Garo

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mV-qəm.

Cognate to Lepcha ᰑᰨᰃᰩᰮ (fogóm, “molar”), Burmese အံ (am) or အံသွား (amswa:, “molar”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

wagam (waɡam)

  1. tooth[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Benedict, Paul K. (1972) Sino-Tibetan: A Conspectus‎[1], London: Cambridge University Press, page 25
  2. ^ Ramkhe, M. (1887) “দাঁত”, in Bengali-Garo Dictionary‎[2], Tura, Assam: The Garo Mission, page 339
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