ผีซ้ำด้ำพลอย

Thai

Etymology

From ผี (pǐi, “ghost; spirit”) +‎ ซ้ำ (sám, “to repeat”) +‎ ด้ำ (dâm, “tutelary spirit”) +‎ พลอย (plɔɔi, “to join; to go along”); literally "a ghost repeats, a tutelary spirit joins".

Pronunciation

Orthographicผีซ้ำด้ำพลอย
pʰ ī z ˆ å ɗ ˆ å b l ɒ y
Phonemic
ผี-ซ้ำ-ด้ำ-พฺลอย
pʰ ī – z ˆ å – ɗ ˆ å – b ̥ l ɒ y
RomanizationPaiboonpǐi-sám-dâm-plɔɔi
Royal Institutephi-sam-dam-phloi
(standard) IPA(key)/pʰiː˩˩˦.sam˦˥.dam˥˩.pʰlɔːj˧/(R)

Proverb

ผีซ้ำด้ำพลอย • (pǐi-sám-dâm-plɔɔi)

  1. (idiomatic) misfortunes never come singly.

Synonyms

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