ကညီKnyaw
Language: English

“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”

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