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“brave” in Sgaw Karen

ဒူ

doo

brave

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

“brave” is written ဒူ in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as doo. 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

ယမိၢ်ဒူယၤ ဖဲယဟဲစိာ်တၢ်အီၣ်လၢကရၢၢ်ပူၤ
Ma shouts at me, when I bring some tasty food from the garden.
from “Clean Cat”
ညၢ်ကွဲၤပူၤခိၣ်ဒူဆီတလဲအလွဲၢ်ဒ်သိးကမၤကွၢ်တၢ်အိၣ်အသးဒ်သိးကမၤအသးလီၤဂာ်ဒီၤညၢ်တခွ့ဆၣ်ဘီဘၣ်ဆၣ်သုကတိၢ်န့ၣ်အီၤတကီဘၣ် တမ့ၢ်ဧါ
This trumpetfish changed colour to try and blend in with a school of yellow tang, but you can pick him out easily enough, can’t you?
from “Dive!”

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