ผีอำ
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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 ʼam). 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˧/(R) | |
Noun
ผีอำ • (pǐi-am)
- situation in which a ghost, spirit, etc, visits someone during his or her sleep and disturbs him or her, as by sitting on, dragging, assaulting, or suffocating him or her.
- (medicine) sleep paralysis.
- (figurative) daymare, nightmare; night terror; sleep hallucination.
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