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“to swim” in Sgaw Karen

ပီၢ်

paw̱

to swim

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

“to swim” is written ပီၢ် in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as paw̱. 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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ဘၣ်ဆၣ်, တၤအုးထိၣ်လီၤသဲ ပီၢ်သ့ၣ်ဒ့သ့!

But, monkeys can swing!

from “Can and Can't”

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