Sgaw Karen dictionary

Each word in Sgaw Karen script (ကညီ), with a romanized reading and its English meaning. Every word here has been checked before publishing. The list grows as more are verified.

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Animals

ထွံၣ်hṭweèdog သၣ်မံယီၤthà mee nyāwcat ဆီhsawchicken ထိၣ်ဒ့ၣ်htòh dàyduck ထိၣ်hṭoh̀bird ညၣ်nyàfish ကဆီka hsawelephant ဒ့ၣ်daỳfrog

The body

မဲာ်ချံmẹh kleeeye စုsuhand ခိၣ်khoh̀head ကိာ်ပူၤgọh pūmouth စုနၢsu nuhfinger ဖံးhpeëskin သးthäheart သွံၣ်thweèblood

Family

မိၢ်moẖmother ဖံhpeegrandmother ဖုhpugrandfather မါmahwife ဝၤwāhusband ဖါတံၢ်hpah tee, teeuncle သကိးtha göhfriend လံၤleēgrandchild

Food & drink

ထံhṭeewater မ့ၤmaȳrice (cooked)တကွံသၣ်ta gwee thàbanana ဃီၤxaw̄coconut ဒံdeecucumber ပသၢဝါpa thuh wah thàgarlic အံသၣ်ee thàsalt ကုၤkūmushroom

Nature

မုၢ်mu̱sun လါlahmoon ဆၣ်hsàstar မူခိၣ်moo kòhsky ထံကျိhtee glohriver ကစၢၢ်ka suhmountain သ့ၣ်thaỳtree မ့ၣ်အူmày oofire