“voice, word” in Sgaw Karen
ကလုၢ်
ga lu
voice, word
“voice, word” is written ကလုၢ် in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as ga lu. 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
ယကိးယသကိးဟဲအီၣ်ကွၢ် လၢယကလုၢ်ဒၣ်ဝဲ
With my cawing I call my friends to share the feast with me.
from “Noisy Crows” →ဆၢး... နတနၢ်ဟူယမိၢ်အကလုၢ်ဖဲအသးထိၣ်တၢ်အခါဒ်ဘၣ်
Roar? Have you heard my mother?
from “We Are All Animals” →