“grandfather” in Sgaw Karen
ဖု
hpu
grandfather
Checked against written sources; not yet confirmed by a native speaker.
“grandfather” is written ဖု in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as hpu. 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
ယထီၣ်သ့ၣ်သ့ ယဖုသ့ ဒီးယသ့ၣ်ညါကျဲစၢၢ်လိဖဲအံၤခဲလၢာ်န့ၣ်လီၤ
I can climb trees. I can jump. I know all the short cuts here.
from “Clean Cat” →