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| ยม yohmM maH (24.) |  |
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| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | ยม-มะ |
| IPA | jom má |
| Royal Thai General System | yomma |
| pronunciation note | 24. The pronunciation of this word illustrates reduplication, where a single written consonant serves as the final consonant of a syllable and is then pronounced again as the initial consonant of the following syllable. | ||
| [proper noun, loanword, Pali] | |||
| definition | [the personage of] Death | ||
| notes | note the same-spelled but differently pronounced ยม | ||
| examples | ยมทูต | yohmM maH thuutF | the angel of death |
| ยมราช | yohmM maH raatF chaH | ruler of the world of the dead | |
| ยมโลก | yohmM maH lo:hkF | the world of the dead | |
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