หมอผี

Thai

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

หมอผี • (mɔ̌ɔ-pǐi) (classifier คน)

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