Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

s'gaw

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: s'-gaw
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An ethnic group of Burma and Thailand, a subgroup of the Karen people.

name

The Sino-Tibetan language of these people.

Etymology

Borrowed from S'gaw Karen စှီၤ (shgaw̄)

Word Breakdown

Root: စှီၤ

Inflected Forms

Sgaw (alternative)

Phrases

S'gaw Karen

Questions

What does s'gaw mean?: An ethnic group of Burma and Thailand, a subgroup of the Karen people.
Where does s'gaw come from?: Borrowed from S'gaw Karen စှီၤ (shgaw̄)

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