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“shell, husk” in Sgaw Karen

အကု

a ku

shell, husk

“shell, husk” is written အကု in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as a ku. 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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ဟၢအၢ ယတထံၣ်နီတဘျီဘၣ် ဘၣ်ဆၣ်ယကဃုစၢၤနၤ ချိၣ်ပလ့ၤထီၣ်လၢချံးအကုပူၤ ချံးဟးဆူညါဃုာ်ဒီးချိၣ်ပလ့ၤလၢအချၢခံ အ၀ဲဃု ဒီးဃုဘၣ်ဆၣ် ဒၢးအတၢ်ပနီၢ်တအိၣ်ဘၣ်

from “Tortoise Finds His Home”

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