pasta gigi

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of pasta (“paste”) +‎ gigi (“tooth”), literally “tooth paste”, a calque of Dutch tandpasta (“toothpaste”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpasta ˈɡiɡi]

Noun

pasta gigi (first-person possessive pasta gigiku, second-person possessive pasta gigimu, third-person possessive pasta giginya)

1. toothpaste

Synonyms

• (informal) odol
• tapal gigi
• ubat gigi (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Further reading

• “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.