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verb

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Main meaning

tooth

1v.

cutlexitron

2n.

toothlexitron

3n.

teethlexitron

4v.

hack; slash; chop; severlexitron

5n.

tooth.wiktionary

หมอฟัน

dentist

6v.

to cut; to slash.wiktionary

7v.

to have sex with.(colloquial)wiktionary

Built from

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *vanᴬ (“tooth”), from Proto-Tai *wanᴬ (“tooth”). In Southwestern Tai, cognate with Northern Thai ᨼᩢ᩠ᨶ (fan), Ahom 𑜇𑜝𑜃𑜫 (phlan). In Central Tai, cognate with Nong Zhuang faenz. In Northern Tai, cognate with Zhuang faenz, Bouyei fanz. Possibly cognate with Proto-Austronesian *nipen (whence Tagalog ngipin, Māori niho). Within Kra-Dai, compare Sui vyanl, wyanl (“tooth”), Southern Kam bienl, biaenl (“tooth”). From Proto-Southwestern Tai *vanᴬ (“to slash”), from Proto-Tai *walᴬ (“to slash”). In Southwestern Tai, cognate with Lao ຟັນ (fan), Shan ၽၼ်း (phán) or ၾၼ်း (fán), Phake ၸ︀ꩫ︀် (phan), Ahom 𑜇𑜃𑜫 (phan) or 𑜇𑜞𑜃𑜫 (phran). In Northern Tai, cognate with Zhuang faenz (dialectal), Saek วั๋น.

In a sentence

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A note on usage

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