“hand” in Sgaw Karen
စု
su
hand
Checked against written sources; not yet confirmed by a native speaker.
“hand” is written စု in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as su. 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
မ့မ့ၢ်ဒ်န့ၣ်ဒီးကွၢ်လၢအံၤယစုမၤတၢ်သ့အကလုာ်တဖၣ်လီၤ
Look! I can work with my hands!
from “We Are All Animals” →ဖြံးဖြံး "ရးစထါ ထိးစုတစဲး!" ဖြံးဖြံး, "ကူမံး နဂဲၤလိၣ်ကွဲသ့ဒိၣ်မး!"
Sniffle, sniffle. "High five, Rustam!" Sniffle, sniffle. "Good game, Gurmeet!"
from “Sniffles” →