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"Butterfly" in Thai and Ancient Greek. The Thai word is pronounced "pi-süa" (first syllable sounds like "pee"), rising tone on first syllable, falling tone on second... so like, "Pee? Süah!" The Ancient Greek word is "psyche", which in Ancient Greek was pronounced "psü-KHAY".

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