“for a long time” in Sgaw Karen
တၢၤ
tūh
for a long time
Checked against written sources; not yet confirmed by a native speaker.
“for a long time” is written တၢၤ in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as tūh. 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
မံးစ်တၢၤလိၤမ်ဟဲအူသဲဝဲဒၣ်ကဖီကဖီfrom “ထိၤ ထံလီၤစီၤဖျၢၣ်ဒိၣ်”