“lion” in Sgaw Karen
ခ့ယုၢ်
khay yu
lion
Checked against written sources; not yet confirmed by a native speaker.
“lion” is written ခ့ယုၢ် in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as khay yu. 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.
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ခ့ယုၢ်ကညီ ဆွံၣ်မီၤတၢ် စိးဝၣ်ဃးကိးသဲဖးဒိၣ် ပှၤကညီတဲတၢ်သဲဖးဒိၣ် ပတဲအီၤလၢ "ကလုၢ်သဲဒိၣ်ဒ်သိးစိးဝၣ်ဃး"