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“to last” in Sgaw Karen

ယံာ်

yeẹ

to last

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

“to last” is written ယံာ် in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as yeẹ. 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

အိးအိၤ ပမဲၢ်တအိၣ်ဘၣ်ယံာ်လံ ပမဲၢ်မ့ၢ်အိၣ်ပကူဖျီၣ်ခံတသ့ဘၣ်လီၤ
Tails! We gave them up long ago! How else could we wear our shorts?
from “We Are All Animals”
တယံာ်ဘၣ်ဒီးယဖံဟဲက့ၤလၢအတၢ်ဟးလိၢ်ကွဲ "ကွၢ်လၢန့ၣ်ယဖံတိကီၣ်မတၤတမံၤလၢကရၢၢ်ပူၤလဲၣ်"
Soon granny came back from her walk. "Look what I found in the park."
from “Lost and Found”

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