သွားဖုံး

Burmese

Etymology

သွား (swa:, “tooth”) +‎ အဖုံး (a.hpum:, “cover, lid”)

Pronunciation

Phonetic respelling: သ'ဖုံး

IPA^(key): /θəpʰóʊɴ/

Romanization: MLCTS: swa:hpum: • ALA-LC: svāʺphuṃʺ • BGN/PCGN: thăhpon: • Okell: thăhpoùñ

Noun

သွားဖုံး • (swa:hpum:)

gum (flesh around teeth)

Further reading

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

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