“centipede” in Sgaw Karen
ဒးဘီ
dä baw
centipede
Checked against written sources; not yet confirmed by a native speaker.
“centipede” is written ဒးဘီ in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as dä baw. 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
ဒးဘီ ဒ့ၣ် ဒီးဂုၢ်ဟဲပၢၢ်ထီၣ်, ဒ်သိးကဖီၢ်အီၣ်အဝဲခံဂၤလၢာ် စိဖံဒီးနါကိၢ်လံမၤဟူးဝးအသးတဘူၣ်လၢၤဘၣ် ဒီးပျံၤတၢ်ဒိၣ်မး