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)

1. toothpick

Further reading

• “သွားကြားထိုးတံ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.