“ant” in Sgaw Karen
တၢၢ်
tuẖ
ant
Checked against written sources; not yet confirmed by a native speaker.
“ant” is written တၢၢ် in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as tuẖ. Knyaw helps you read and understand words, not say them out loud. Karen is a tone language, so the English-letter sounds are only a rough help.
This word in a story
စိးဝၥ်ဃးကိး ကါ ကါ သ့... တၢၢ်အ့ၣ်တၢ်သ့... ထွံၣ်မီၤတၢ်သ့!
Crows can caw... ants can bite... dogs can bark!
from “Can and Can't” →တၢၢ်ဖိဆံးဆံးဖးဒ်၀ဲၤဒၣ်လံာ်ဒ် ဖး၀ဲၤဒၣ်ဟါမုၢ်တနံၤ အဖး၀ဲၤတုအလၢာ်၀ဲၤမုၢ်တနံၤ
Little Ant would read all day, he’d read and read the day away.
from “Little Ant's Big Plan” →