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“tooth” in Sgaw Karen

မဲ

meh

tooth

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

“tooth” is written မဲ in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as meh. 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

မ့မ့ၢ်ဒ်န့ၣ်ဒီး ကွၢ်ယမဲ ယသူယမဲလၢကအ့ၣ်တၢ်ဒီးဂံာ်ဘျဲးတၢ်ကိးမံၤ
And yes, my teeth. I use my teeth to chew and bite.
from “We Are All Animals”
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”

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