หมอผี

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Thai[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From หมอ (mɔ̌ɔ, master; expert) +‎ ผี (pǐi, ghost); literally "master of ghosts", "expert in ghosts", etc.

Pronunciation[edit]

Orthographicหมอผี
h m ɒ pʰ ī
Phonemic
หฺมอ-ผี
h ̥ m ɒ – pʰ ī
RomanizationPaiboonmɔ̌ɔ-pǐi
Royal Institutemo-phi
(standard) IPA(key)/mɔː˩˩˦.pʰiː˩˩˦/(R)

Noun[edit]

หมอผี (mɔ̌ɔ-pǐi) (classifier คน)

  1. shaman.
    Synonym: (archaic) หมอ (mɔ̌ɔ)