“to be relieved” in Sgaw Karen
ကိညၢ်
koh nya
to be relieved
“to be relieved” is written ကိညၢ် in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as koh nya. 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
‘ကိညၢ်ဒံး ဆိထူဆိမိၣ်’ ‘ဃီသၣ်လီၤတဲာ်ဘၣ်န့ၣ် ဂ့ၤန့ၢ်ကဆီလီၤတဲာ်ဘၣ်ခိၣ်သၣ်!’
<em>That’s better</em>, thought Chhotu, <em>Better a coconut than an elephant on my head!</em>
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