pasta gigi
Indonesian
editEtymology
editCompound of pasta (“paste”) + gigi (“tooth”), literally “tooth paste”, a calque of Dutch tandpasta (“toothpaste”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpasta gigi (first-person possessive pasta gigiku, second-person possessive pasta gigimu, third-person possessive pasta giginya)
Synonyms
edit- (informal) odol
- tapal gigi
- ubat gigi (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)
Further reading
edit- “pasta gigi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.