“firm” in Sgaw Karen
ကျၢၤ
klūh
firm
“firm” is written ကျၢၤ in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as klūh. 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
အဒ့ဂံၢ်ဘါဆူၣ် ကိၤမးဒီးဂၢၢ်ကျၢၤ၀ဲ သ့ၣ်ထူၣ်ကဘၣ်သၣ်ထီၣ်လံ အဒ့အိၣ်ကတီၤအသးလၢကသၣ်ထီၣ်န့ၣ်လီၤ
The branches are strong now, sturdy and steady, The tree needs some fruit now. The branches are ready.
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