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“to endure” in Sgaw Karen

တူၢ်

too

to endure

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

“to endure” is written တူၢ် in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as too. 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

တူၢ် တူၢ် တူၢ် ဃီၤသၣ်အါဖျၢၣ်လီၤတဲာ်ဘၣ်ကိလူအခိၣ်သၣ်
Thud… thud… thud… A shower of coconuts came down on Golu’s head.
from “Playtime”
တဘျီဃီ ဖဲပအိၣ်လၢထံဖီလာ် ပဒိးန့ၣ်ဘၣ်တၢ်တူၢ်လိာ်ပှၤလၢညၢ်မူရိၤဘီတဒူၣ်
As soon as we were underwater, we were greeted by a school of yellowback fusiliers.
from “Dive!”

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