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“to be used up” in Sgaw Karen

လၢာ်

luḥ

to be used up

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

“to be used up” is written လၢာ် in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as luḥ. 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

တခိးသၣ်လၢာ်လံ ယအီၣ်အီၤချ့မး ယကဘၣ်လဲၤထၢကဒီးတဖျၢၣ် ဒီးတမ့ၢ်အကတၢၢ်ဖျၢၣ်ဘၣ်
My apple is finished. I ate it so fast, I must get another, and it won't be my last!
from “The Big Juicy Apple”
တၢၢ်ဖိဆံးဆံးဖးဒ်၀ဲၤဒၣ်လံာ်ဒ် ဖး၀ဲၤဒၣ်ဟါမုၢ်တနံၤ အဖး၀ဲၤတုအလၢာ်၀ဲၤမုၢ်တနံၤ
Little Ant would read all day, he’d read and read the day away.
from “Little Ant's Big Plan”

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