“crocodile” in Sgaw Karen
သမၣ်
tha mà
crocodile
Confirmed by a Karen speaker.
“crocodile” is written သမၣ် in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as tha mà. 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
ယမ့ၢ်သမၣ် ယထူးယမဲဒၣ်ယဲၤတသ့ဘၣ်from “Who Is Our Friend?”အ၀ဲအဲၣ်ဒီးသ့ၣ်ညါ သမၣ် အဂ့ၢ် “သမၣ်အီၣ်မတၢ်လဲၢ် လၢဟါခီတၢ်အီၣ်”from “Curious Baby Elephant”