How to Say “Goodbye” in Karen

By •
လဲၤမုာ်မုာ်
leh mu mu
The English phrase "goodbye" is expressed in Karen as လဲၤမုာ်မုာ် (leh mu mu).
လဲၤမုာ်မုာ် is used to express farewell.
Meaning: farewell (intj)

How do you pronounce it?

leh mu mu

Did you know?

  • The script used to write လဲၤမုာ်မုာ် is derived from the Burmese alphabet, yet the two languages belong to entirely different linguistic families.
  • In Karen culture, saying လဲၤမုာ်မုာ် functions more like a prayer or a spiritual blessing for the traveler than a simple social parting.
  • The repetition in the phonetic structure of မုာ်မုာ် can be used in Karen to intensify the sentiment, making the wish for peace even more heartfelt.

Example conversation

A son is leaving home to go to school.

  1. စောလူး Saw Lu

    မေမေ, ယဲၤလဲၤတၢ်
    May May, yay lay tah
    Mom, I am going now.
  2. မေမေ May May

    အေး, လဲၤမုာ်မုာ်
    ay, lay mhu mhu
    Yes, goodbye.
  3. စောလူး Saw Lu

    တၢ်ဆိူဝ်ကွံ
    tah hsiu kwim
    Take care.
  4. မေမေ May May

    အေး, တၢ်ဆိူဝ်ကွံ
    ay, tah hsiu kwim
    Yes, take care.
⭐Share⭐ to appreciate human effort 🙏
Stella Layla
Stella LaylaHelp make this guide better. Spot a mistake, know another way to say it, or have an example from real life? Share it below.
guest
0 Comments
Newest
Oldest Most Voted
Scroll to Top