နၤလၢအဂ့ၤ
na luh a ghay
The Karen phrase for "goodnight" is နၤလၢအဂ့ၤ (na luh a ghay).
နၤလၢအဂ့ၤ is a greeting used to say goodbye to someone before they go to sleep or at the end of the night.
How do you pronounce it?
na luh a ghay
Did you know?
- In many Karen communities, the concept of 'goodness' in အဂ့ၤ is deeply tied to spiritual well-being and moral character rather than just a pleasant experience.
- The Karen phrase နၤလၢအဂ့ၤ is composed of words that literally translate to 'stay in a good way'.
- The Karen script used to write နၤလၢအဂ့ၤ is derived from the Burmese alphabet but was adapted to fit the unique phonetic requirements of the Karen language.
Example conversation
Two people are saying goodbye before going to bed.
- စောနု Saw Nuယ အီၣ်တူၣ်တုာ်လံာ်ပှဲၤလံာ်။ya ee tu tu la pa hla laI am going to sleep now.
- စောကေ Saw Kayအိၣ်မၤနၤလၢအဂ့ၤ။oe ma na la a gaeHave a goodnight.
- စောနု Saw Nuတဘျီနၤလၢအဂ့ၤ။ta byee na la a gaeGoodnight to you.
- စောကေ Saw Kayအီၣ်တူၣ်နၤယုၤ။ee tu na yuSleep well.
