“necklace” in Sgaw Karen

ဖဲ

hpeh

necklace

Checked against written sources; not yet confirmed by a native speaker.

“necklace” is written ဖဲ in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as hpeh. 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

ဖဲယဖိတဖၣ်အိၣ်လၢအသွံပူၤ ယက ကဟုကယၥ်အီၤ
When my babies are in the nest, I have to be on guard.
from “Noisy Crows”
ဖဲယသူၣ်ခုသးခုအခါန့ၣ် အဝဲသူၣ်ခုသးခုစ့ၢ်ကီး
When I am happy, so is she.
from “My Best Friend”

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