ဒီပု
dee pu
The Karen word for brother is ဒီပု (dee pu).
ဒီပု is used to refer to a male sibling.
Meaning: male sibling (noun)
How do you pronounce it?
dee pu
Did you know?
- In Karen culture, kinship terms like ဒီပု are often extended to strangers and acquaintances to create a sense of communal family and trust.
- Karen speakers often use different kinship terms depending on whether the brother is older or younger, rather than using one general word like 'brother'.
- In many Karen dialects, kinship terms like ဒီပု are not just labels for biological relatives but are essential markers for social hierarchy and respect.
Example conversation
Two friends are talking about family.
- စောစော Saw Sawနၤအီဒီပု အိၣ်ဘျုးနၤမ့လဲာ်na a dee pu ei byu na me laDoes your brother love you?
- စောနု Saw Nuအေ၊ ယီဒီပု အိၣ်ဘျုးယၤဒိၣ်မးae, ya dee pu ei byu ya doe maYes, my brother loves me very much.
- စောစော Saw Sawယီဒီပု အိၣ်နီၢ်နၤ နီၢ်မ့လဲာ်ya dee pu ei nee na nee me laIs your brother waiting for you?
- စောနု Saw Nuအိၣ်၊ ယီဒီပု အိၣ်နီၢ်ယၤei, ya dee pu ei nee yaYes, my brother is waiting for me.
