“field” in Sgaw Karen
လီၢ်
law̱
field
Checked against written sources; not yet confirmed by a native speaker.
“field” is written လီၢ် in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as law̱. 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
အုမ်... ဘၣ်ဆၣ်ဒီးတနံၤအံၤနတီၤ ကလဲၤဟးလိာ်ကွဲကွၢ်ကီတၢ် လၢတၢ်ဖိဃၢ်အလီၢ်!
Hmm... But, today's your class picnic at the zoo!
from “Do and don't” →ညၢ်ကၤတူၤတဖၣ်အံၤကသုပယာ်ပီာ်လဲၣ်ဖီအဒၢးလၢတၢ်ပလီၢ်ပဒီ သနာ်က့အ၀ဲပျဲယၤ လၢကမၤန့ၣ်တၢ်ဂီၤတစဲးလီၤ
These clownfish carefully guarded their sea anemone home, but finally agreed to let me take a few pictures.
from “Dive!” →