“to scratch” in Sgaw Karen
ကွး
kwä
to scratch
“to scratch” is written ကွး in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as kwä. 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
အဝဲဖးတဲၢ်ဖးတဲာ်တီသၣ်ဖးဒိၣ်တဖျၢၣ် ဒီးကွးထီၣ်ဝဲအစံး ဒီးအီၣ်ဝဲလီၤ
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