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)