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“to rub, scrub” in Sgaw Karen

ထူး

htü

to rub, scrub

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

“to rub, scrub” is written ထူး in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as htü. 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

ယတအဲၣ်ဒိးထူးမဲ!ယတအဲၣ်ဒိးလုၢ်ထံ! ဒီးတအဲၣ်ဒိးအီၣ်ဂီၤတၢ်အီၣ်လၢအဲးလံဘၣ်!
I DON'T want to brush my teeth! I DON'T want to have a bath! I DON'T want to have idlis for breakfast!
from “Do and don't”
ကိးနံၤဒဲးန့ၣ်ဘၤတံးကသူဆးပၠာ်လုၢ်ထံ ဒီးအဝဲကထူးအမဲဒီးထွါကွံာ်အလိၤတုၤအကဆှဲကဆှီန့ၣ်လီၤ
These days, Bunty likes to use soap, and she brushes and scrubs herself clean.
from “Bunty and Bubbly”

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