“to endure” in Sgaw Karen
တူၢ်
too
to endure
“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!” →