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“child” in Sgaw Karen

ဖိ

hpoh

child

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

“child” is written ဖိ in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as hpoh. 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

ဖဲယဖိတဖၣ်အိၣ်လၢအသွံပူၤ ယက ကဟုကယၥ်အီၤ
When my babies are in the nest, I have to be on guard.
from “Noisy Crows”
ကဆီထံဒီးဒွဲာ်စးထီၣ်ဂဲကလံၢ် ဒီးတၢ်ဖိဃၢ်ကၢ်ဃၢတဖၣ်ကွၢ်၀ဲၤလီၤ
Hippo and Grasshopper start to dance, and the other animals come to look …
from “Hippo Wants to Dance”

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