น้ำมันพราย

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Thai

Etymology

From น้ำมัน (nám-man, oil) +‎ พราย (praai, the ghost of a person, especially a woman, who died violently).

Pronunciation

Orthographicน้ำมันพราย
n ˆ å m ạ n b r ā y
Phonemic
นั้ม-มัน-พฺราย
n ạ ˆ m – m ạ n – b ̥ r ā y
น้าม-มัน-พฺราย
n ˆ ā m – m ạ n – b ̥ r ā y
RomanizationPaiboonnám-man-praaináam-man-praai
Royal Institutenam-man-phrainam-man-phrai
(standard) IPA(key)/nam˦˥.man˧.pʰraːj˧/(R)/naːm˦˥.man˧.pʰraːj˧/(R)

Noun

น้ำมันพราย (nám-man-praai)

  1. a lymphatic liquid extracted from the corpse of a woman who died together with the child or children in her womb, produced by singeing the chin of the corpse and letting lymph drop therefrom, traditionally used as a love philtre.