“friend” in Sgaw Karen
သကိး
tha göh
friend
Checked against written sources; not yet confirmed by a native speaker.
“friend” is written သကိး in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as tha göh. 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
ယကိးယသကိးဟဲအီၣ်ကွၢ် လၢယကလုၢ်ဒၣ်ဝဲ
With my cawing I call my friends to share the feast with me.
from “Noisy Crows” →နနာ်ကီဟါ ပှၤဒ်သိးယၤဒီကယၤ အိၣ်သကိးဖဲအံၤမုာ်ဒိၣ်မးလီၤ
Believe it or not, hundreds of us live happily in a colony.
from “Busy Ants” →