“difficulty, trouble” in Sgaw Karen
တၢ်ကီတၢ်ခဲ
ta kaw ta kheh
difficulty, trouble
Checked against written sources; not yet confirmed by a native speaker.
“difficulty, trouble” is written တၢ်ကီတၢ်ခဲ in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as ta kaw ta kheh. 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.
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