“food” in Sgaw Karen

တၢ်အီၣ်

ta àw

food

Checked against written sources; not yet confirmed by a native speaker.

“food” is written တၢ်အီၣ် in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as ta àw. 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

ယမိၢ်ဒူယၤ ဖဲယဟဲစိာ်တၢ်အီၣ်လၢကရၢၢ်ပူၤ
Ma shouts at me, when I bring some tasty food from the garden.
from “Clean Cat”
ယတအဲၣ်ဒိးထူးမဲ!ယတအဲၣ်ဒိးလုၢ်ထံ! ဒီးတအဲၣ်ဒိးအီၣ်ဂီၤတၢ်အီၣ်လၢအဲးလံဘၣ်!
I DON'T want to brush my teeth! I DON'T want to have a bath! I DON'T want to have idlis for breakfast!
from “Do and don't”

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