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เซ่นไหว้ senF waiF |
pronunciation guide | |
Phonemic Thai | เซ่น-ไว่ |
IPA | sên wâj |
Royal Thai General System | sen wai |
[verb, phrase] | |||
definition | to make offerings to the spirits | ||
components | เซ่น | senF | [often used with ghosts and spirits] to make offerings or sacrifice to the spirits, to propritiate the spirits |
ไหว้ | waiF | to wai; to make the wai prayer gesture | |
sample sentences | |||
ผมเพิ่งกลับมาจากจังหวัดระนองบ้านเกิด เพื่อไปทำบุญและเซ่นไหว้แม่ในวาระที่แม่จากไปครบหนึ่งปี phohmR pheerngF glapL maaM jaakL jangM watL raH naawngM baanF geertL pheuuaF bpaiM thamM boonM laeH senF waiF maaeF naiM waaM raH theeF maaeF jaakL bpaiM khrohpH neungL bpeeM "I just returned from Ranong Province, my hometown; I went to make merit and give offerings on the one year anniversary of my mother’s passing." | |||