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ผีซ้ำด้ำพลอย

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Thai

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Etymology

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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

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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

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ผีซ้ำด้ำพลอย (pǐi-sám-dâm-plɔɔi)

  1. (idiomatic) misfortunes never come singly.

Synonyms

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