ไม่เผาผี

Thai edit

Etymology edit

From ไม่ (mâi, not) +‎ เผา (pǎo, to burn) +‎ ผี (pǐi, corpse); meaning to refuse to attend the cremation rite of a dead person because of utter hatred, anger, or revenge towards that person, indicating that the person is not forgiven even after his death.

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicไม่เผาผี
ai m ˋ e pʰ ā pʰ ī
Phonemic
ไม่-เผา-ผี
ai m ˋ – e pʰ ā – pʰ ī
RomanizationPaiboonmâi-pǎo-pǐi
Royal Institutemai-phao-phi
(standard) IPA(key)/maj˥˩.pʰaw˩˩˦.pʰiː˩˩˦/(R)

Verb edit

ไม่เผาผี (mâi-pǎo-pǐi)

  1. (idiomatic) to utterly hate someone; to have utter hatred, anger, or revenge towards someone.

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