ဃံ
gha
The word for pain in Karen is ဃံ (gha).
ဃံ is a noun used to describe an ache or bodily suffering.
Meaning: ache or bodily suffering (noun)
How do you pronounce it?
The romanization is gha.
Did you know?
- The root of ဃံ is reconstructed by linguists as *xwi, which might have originally meant 'the same' or 'idem'.
- In some Karen dialects, descriptions of bodily suffering are tied directly to the physical structure of the body rather than just the feeling of 'pain'.
Example conversation
Saw Lu asks Kay Kay about her health.
- စောလူး Saw Luနၤဃံမဲာ်လဲၣ်na gham maw laeDo you have any pain?
- ကေကေ Kay Kayယအိဃံဖဲလါya ee gham phae laI have pain here.
- စောလူး Saw Luဃံတၢ်လၢ်လဲၣ်gham ta la laeIs the pain severe?
- ကေကေ Kay Kayအိဃံတၢ်လၢ်ee gham ta laIt is a lot of pain.
Sources
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries ဃံ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
