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“to look” in Sgaw Karen

ကွၢ်

kwa̱

to look

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

“to look” is written ကွၢ် in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as kwa̱. 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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"ဒ်အံၤယၢၣ်" ကိိလူမၤ မၢအကွၢ်

"Like this!" Golu showed him.

from “Playtime”

နတဲကွၢ်ကွၢ် တနံၤအံၤယကကၢၣ်ခိၣ်မီၣ်ဖဲလဲၣ်တဘ့ၣ်လဲၣ်

Guess which cap I am wearing today!

from “The Moon and the Cap”

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