“younger sibling” in Sgaw Karen
ပုၢ်
pu̱
younger sibling
“younger sibling” is written ပုၢ် in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as pu̱. 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
တအိၣ်လၢတၢ်ဒၢပူၤဘၣ် တအိၣ်လၢယပုၢ်မုၣ်အဆ့ဖီလၣ်ဘၣ်
Not in the box. Not under my sister's frock.
from “Lost and Found” →ကမ့ၢ်ဒ်န့ၣ်မီၤ ကွၢ်ယပုၢ်ယမိၢ်တဲ၀ဲလၢအလံကျိအါကဲးဆိးလီၤဂာ်ဒီးသုန့ၣ်လီၤ
You may be right. Look at my brother! Mother says he is wild. He is definitely an animal.
from “We Are All Animals” →