“to wear (sarong, trousers)” in Sgaw Karen
ကူ
koo
to wear (sarong, trousers)
“to wear (sarong, trousers)” is written ကူ in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as koo. 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
ထွံၣ်အဲၣ်ဒီးပှ့ၤခီၣ်ဖံးသီတကူၢ် ဘၣ်ဆၣ်အကၠ့တကူဘၣ်
Dog wanted to buy new shoes. But he did not have enough money.
from “Goat, Dog, Cow, and TV” →ဖြံးဖြံး "ရးစထါ ထိးစုတစဲး!" ဖြံးဖြံး, "ကူမံး နဂဲၤလိၣ်ကွဲသ့ဒိၣ်မး!"
Sniffle, sniffle. "High five, Rustam!" Sniffle, sniffle. "Good game, Gurmeet!"
from “Sniffles” →