ဂီုၤလါအဂ့ၤ
ghaw luh a ghay
Good morning in Karen is ဂီုၤလါအဂ့ၤ (ghaw luh a ghay).
This phrase is used when seeing someone for the first time in the morning.
Meaning: when seeing someone for the first time in the morning (intj)
How do you pronounce it?
ghaw luh a ghay
Did you know?
- The script used for ဂီုၤလါအဂ့ၤ was developed in the 19th century by missionaries, making it a relatively modern writing system compared to many other ancient Asian scripts.
- In many Karen communities, a morning greeting is often accompanied by a subtle nod or a slight bow of the head to show respect to elders.
- The S'gaw Karen language, which uses the script in this phrase, is a tonal language where the pitch of your voice can change the entire meaning of a word.
Example conversation
Two neighbors meet on the street in the morning.
- စောစော Saw Sawဂီုၤလါအဂ့ၤ၊ ကေကေ!Ghu la a ghdee, Kay Kay!Good morning, Kay Kay!
- ကေကေ Kay Kayဂီုၤလါအဂ့ၤ၊ စောစော!Ghu la a ghdee, Saw Saw!Good morning, Saw Saw!
- စောစော Saw Sawနကကွင်းအိၣ်ကဒါဧါ?Na ka kwung oh ka da ah?Are you going to the market?
- ကေကေ Kay Kayအိၣ်၊ ယကွင်းအိၣ်ကဒါ.Oh, ya kwung oh ka da.Yes, I am going to the market.
