“coconut” in Sgaw Karen
ဃီၤ
xaw̄
coconut
Checked against written sources; not yet confirmed by a native speaker.
“coconut” is written ဃီၤ in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as xaw̄. 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
တူၢ် တူၢ် တူၢ် ဃီၤသၣ်အါဖျၢၣ်လီၤတဲာ်ဘၣ်ကိလူအခိၣ်သၣ်
Thud… thud… thud… A shower of coconuts came down on Golu’s head.
from “Playtime” →နကွၢ်ဆူးဃီၤကွၢ်လၢယသွံပူၤ ကွၢ်တၢ်သ့ၣ်တဖၣ်အံၤ လီၤအဲၣ်လၢယလဲၤထံၣ်န့ၢ်ဘၣ်အီၤ
Come peep into my nest. See the lovely things I have found.
from “Noisy Crows” →