“dirty” in Sgaw Karen
ဘၣ်အၢ
bà uh
dirty
“dirty” is written ဘၣ်အၢ in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as bà uh. 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
ဘၣ်မနၤလၢတထံၣ်ဘၣ်လဲၣ် သုစုမ့ၢ်ခီၣ်မ့ၢ်သ့ဒၣ်ထဲခူၣ်ဟီၣ်ခိၣ်ဘၣ်အၢ
Yes! But your nails will pick up dirt!
from “We Are All Animals” →ပပိာ်ချံးတဘ့ၣ်အခံတစိၢ်ဖိလံ ဖဲအ၀ဲကွၢ်တရံးတၢ်၀းလၢၢ်ဘၣ်အၢဒ် သိးကဃုကုၤပိာ်လဲၣ်လၢအ၀ံာ်ဒ်သိးကကဲတၢ်အိီၣ်လၢမုၣ်ထူၣ်ခါအဂီၢ်
We followed this hawksbill turtle for a while as he looked around the reef for a nice sea sponge to lunch on.
from “Dive!” →