ผีอำ
Thai
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Cochemare ("Nightmare") by Jean Pierre Simon, 1810
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The Night Mare by M.Z.D. Schmid
Etymology
From ผี (pǐi, “ghost”) + อำ (am, “to visit someone during his or her sleep and disturb him or her, as by sitting on, dragging, assaulting, or suffocating him or her”). Compare Lao ຜີອຳ (phī ’am). Also compare Chinese 鬼壓床/鬼压床 (guǐyāchuáng).
Pronunciation
Orthographic | ผีอำ pʰ ī ɒ å | |
Phonemic | ผี-อำ pʰ ī – ɒ å | |
Romanization | Paiboon | pǐi-am |
Royal Institute | phi-am | |
(standard) IPA(key) | /pʰiː˩˩˦.ʔam˧/ |
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