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piece of gutka

piece of gutka

9.9
A small chew of gutka, a kind of chewing tobacco
  • noun
  • Indian
translation icon : porción de gutka
  • The doctor advised him to stop chewing even a single piece of gutka for his health.

Examples

  • She offered him a piece of gutka during the long train journey.

  • It is common for shopkeepers in some regions to sell a piece of gutka alongside other snacks.

  • He offered me a piece of gutka.

  • I always carry a piece of gutka in my pocket.

  • It is common for shopkeepers in some regions to sell a piece of gutka alongside other snacks.

  • She offered him a piece of gutka during the long train journey.

  • The doctor advised him to stop chewing even a single piece of gutka for his health.

Synonyms

chew
vspiece of gutka
  • Informal
24 6.4

A small piece of tobacco or gum kept in the mouth to bite

is a specific small serving of South Asian tobacco for oral use

Surface Forms

piece of gutka singular
pieces of gutka plural

Morphology

piece + of + gutka

The phrase follows the regular partitive pattern 'piece of + noun' meaning a portion or serving, so if a learner knows 'gutka' as the chewable tobacco, they can directly infer 'a small amount or serving of gutka'. This compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common and therefore immediately comprehensible to learners who know the constituent words.

Etymology

Piece of gutka comes from shops that sell one small piece of gutka wrapped for a single chew, because gutka is a chewable tobacco mix. So a 'piece of gutka' simply means a 'small amount' or 'single serving' people buy to chew.