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“tiger” in Sgaw Karen

ဘီၣ်သိၣ်

bàw thòh

tiger

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

“tiger” is written ဘီၣ်သိၣ် in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as bàw thòh. 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

ဝံသးစူၤတဲဘၣ် စၤကၠူ လၢ ဘီၣ်သိၣ်မ့ၢ်ဝဲသၣ်မံညီၤအဒူၣ်အထၢ ပအိၣ်ဒီးစုမ့ၣ်လၢအစူဒိၣ်မးလီၤ
Please tell Sanju that the tiger is from our cat family. We have sharp claws.
from “Clean Cat”

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