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)

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.

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