“harp” in Sgaw Karen

တနၢ်

ta na

harp

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

“harp” is written တနၢ် in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as ta na. 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

ဆၢး... နတနၢ်ဟူယမိၢ်အကလုၢ်ဖဲအသးထိၣ်တၢ်အခါဒ်ဘၣ်
Roar? Have you heard my mother?
from “We Are All Animals”
ဘၣ်ဆၣ်ယတနၢ်ဟူအကလုၢ်ဘၣ် မ့ၢ်လၢအဝဲအိၣ်လၢမဲာ်ထံကလၤအပူၤလီၤ
But I cannot hear her voice. My friend lives inside the mirror.
from “My Best Friend”

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