“black” in Sgaw Karen

အသူ

thoo

black

Checked against written sources; not yet confirmed by a native speaker.

“black” is written အသူ in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as thoo. Knyaw helps you read and understand words, not say them out loud. Karen is a tone language, so the English-letter sounds are only a rough help.


This word in a story

ဘၣ်ဆၣ်အသူအၢမး ထွံၣ်ဟီၣ်ခိၣ်ဂူာ်လီာ်ကုၢ်အူသ့ၣ်ပဒၢလၢတၢ်ကတဲာ်ကတီၤတၢ်လီၢ် လၢ တၢ်သူၣ်တၢ်ဖျး အဆၢကတီၢ်အဂီၢ်
Mod quickly found herself facing another strange new creature. It was a hyena, burning bushes to prepare for the planting season.
from “Mod the Toad”

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