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Thai

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Definitions
  • a type of ghost or spirit believed to be responsible for any disease that causes high mortality.
  • (by extension) mischievous or violent ghost or spirit.
  • (archaic) any disease that causes high mortality: plague, pestilence, etc.
  • (pathology) cholera.
  • (veterinary) rinderpest.
  • (vulgar) mischievous person; troublemaker; disagreeable or contemptible person.

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tai *raːᴮ (epidemic).

Origin

Proto-Tai

*raːᴮ

Gloss

epidemic

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