“inside” in Sgaw Karen
အပူၤ
a poō
inside
“inside” is written အပူၤ in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as a poō. 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
ဘၣ်ဆၣ်ယတနၢ်ဟူအကလုၢ်ဘၣ် မ့ၢ်လၢအဝဲအိၣ်လၢမဲာ်ထံကလၤအပူၤလီၤ
But I cannot hear her voice. My friend lives inside the mirror.
from “My Best Friend” →ဖဲခွံၢ်ကတိၤတၢ်အခါ အက့ၢ်အဂီၤလဲလိာ်အလွဲၢ် မီးဖုးဘၣ်အသးပျံၤတၢ် အ၀ဲဃ့လီၤဖးချ့ချ့ ဒီးတခွ့ ဃီၤဆူသ့ၣ်ကဒၢအပူၤလၢအိၣ်သူၣ်ဖဲန့ၣ်လီၤ
But suddenly, the chameleon's body changed color! Mod had never seen anything like it. She was frightened and hopped away as quickly as she could.
from “Mod the Toad” →