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“skin” in Sgaw Karen

ဖံး

hpeë

skin

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

“skin” is written ဖံး in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as hpeë. 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

တၢ်မိၣ်ထံၣ်နသးလၢယဖံးယညၣ်ဖဲယမၤတၢ်အခါဧါ ? နကွၢ်ယၤအံၤန့ၣ် ယဆံးကဲဖိ ဘၣ်ဆၣ်ယဂံၢ်ဆူၣ်ဒိၣ်မး
Want to see my muscles at work? I may look very tiny to you, but I am very strong.
from “Busy Ants”

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