“firm, steady” in Sgaw Karen
ဂၢၢ်
ghuh
firm, steady
“firm, steady” is written ဂၢၢ် in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as ghuh. 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
အဒ့ဂံၢ်ဘါဆူၣ် ကိၤမးဒီးဂၢၢ်ကျၢၤ၀ဲ သ့ၣ်ထူၣ်ကဘၣ်သၣ်ထီၣ်လံ အဒ့အိၣ်ကတီၤအသးလၢကသၣ်ထီၣ်န့ၣ်လီၤ
The branches are strong now, sturdy and steady, The tree needs some fruit now. The branches are ready.
from “The Big Juicy Apple” →တၢၢ်ကၢ်ဃၢတဖၣ် တဘ့ၣ်ဒီးတဘ့ၣ်အ၀ဲၤဒၣ်ပာ်ဖှိၢ်တၢ်လၢအဃုၤထံၣ်န့ၣ်၀ဲၤလၢအမ့ၢ်၀ဲၤတၢ်အီၣ်လၢတၢ်ဂၢၢ်ခါအဂီၢ်
The other ants took what they found to store for winter underground.
from “Little Ant's Big Plan” →