“to play” in Sgaw Karen

လိာ်ကွဲ

lōh gweh

to play

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

“to play” is written လိာ်ကွဲ in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as lōh gweh. 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

အဝဲအဲၣ်တၢ်ဂဲၤလိာ်ကွဲကဘီလၢပှၤချံးအီၤလၢစးခိ
She loves to play with paper boats.
from “Bunty and Bubbly”
အုမ်... ဘၣ်ဆၣ်ဒီးတနံၤအံၤနတီၤ ကလဲၤဟးလိာ်ကွဲကွၢ်ကီတၢ် လၢတၢ်ဖိဃၢ်အလီၢ်!
Hmm... But, today's your class picnic at the zoo!
from “Do and don't”

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