Where does “น้ำมันพราย” come from?
น้ำมันพราย (Thai) comes from Thai น้ำมัน, from Thai มัน, from Thai สำปะหลัง, from Min Nan 三寶壟.
น้ำมันพราย (Thai): 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
Definitions
- 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
Ancestry of “น้ำมันพราย”, step by step
น้ำมันพราย traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai น้ำมัน
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | น้ำมัน | oil; gasoline |
| 2 | Thai | มัน | a third person pronoun used to refer to a... |
| 3 | Thai | สำปะหลัง | — |
| 4 | Min Nan | 三寶壟 | — |
via Thai พราย
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | พราย | (if being a female) a type of ghost, generally conceived of as being the ghost of a person, especially a woman, who died violently |