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“to go down” in Sgaw Karen

လီၤ

law̄

to go down

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

“to go down” is written လီၤ in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as law̄. 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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မၤချံၣ်လီၤထံသ့ဧါ

Can this water be cold?

from “Looking For Water”

မ့ၢ်ဝဲဒၣ်ယမိၢ်လီၤ.

My mother!!!

from “My Friends”

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