thây ma

Vietnamese

Etymology

thây (“corpse”) +‎ ma (“ghost”).

Attested already in Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651), although apparently then meant merely "corpse" or "the dead"; later adopted to the concept of "zombie".

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰəj˧˧ maː˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰəj˧˧ maː˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tʰəj˧˧ maː˧˧]

Noun

(classifier con) thây ma

(obsolete) corpse; dead body
(occult) undead
(by extension) zombie
Synonym: xác sống

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