bóng đè

== Vietnamese == === Etymology === From bóng +‎ đè, literally “grounded by one's shadow”. It is commonly believed that sleep paralysis is caused by playfully playing with your own shadow, for example, doing shadow puppets. === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓawŋ͡m˧˦ ʔɗɛ˨˩] (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓawŋ͡m˦˧˥ ʔɗɛ˦˩] ~ [ʔɓɔŋ˦˧˥ ʔɗɛ˦˩] (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓawŋ͡m˦˥ ʔɗɛ˨˩] === Noun === bóng đè sleep paralysis