“door” in Sgaw Karen
ပဲတြီ
peh traw dòh
door
Checked against written sources; not yet confirmed by a native speaker.
“door” is written ပဲတြီ in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as peh traw dòh. 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
တဘၣ်နီတမံၤဘၣ် ပဲတြီမ့ၢ်ကးတံၢ်အသးနာ်က့ ယလဲၤနုာ်လၢတၢ်ပူၤတဲၢ်ဖးဆံးကဲဖိသ့မီၣ်
Never mind if the door is shut. I can slip through the smallest crack.
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