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“to cause” in Sgaw Karen

မၤ

to cause

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

“to cause” is written မၤ in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as mā. 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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This word in a story

မၤချံၣ်လီၤထံသ့ဧါ

Can this water be cold?

from “Looking For Water”

"နၤနုၤ" "မ့ၢ်,ယၤအံၤလီၤ" "နကမၤဒ်လဲၣ်" ဆိထူသံကွၢ်ဝဲ

“You?” asked Chhotu. “Yes, me,” said Golu. “How can you do that?” asked Chhotu.

from “Playtime”

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ကဆှီto be cleanကညီၤgrowlကးတံာ်to close, shutကတိၤto speakကတိၤဆါto mockကတိၤတၢ်talkကတိၤတၢ်ကဖၢလၢto boastကတဲာ်ကတီၤto prepare