ผีอำ

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Definitions
  • situation in which a ghost, spirit, etc, visits someone during his or her sleep and disturbs him or her, as by sitting on, dragging, assaulting, or suffocating him or her.
  • (medicine) sleep paralysis.
  • (figurative) daymare, nightmare; night terror; sleep hallucination.

Etymology

Com from Thai ผี (ghost, spirit, corpse, deity, god, remains, etc, dead body) + Thai อำ (visit someone during his her sleep and disturb him her, or suffocate, dragging, assaulting, as by sitting on)+ Thai suffocating him or her.

Origin

Thai

suffocating him or her

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