“house” in Sgaw Karen
ဟံၣ်
heè
house
Checked against written sources; not yet confirmed by a native speaker.
“house” is written ဟံၣ် in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as heè. 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
ပှၤဒီသကီးသၢဂၤဒီးလိးတီငါက့ၤဆူဟံၣ်
The three friends went home in a taxi.
from “Goat, Dog, Cow, and TV” →ဖဲဘၤတံဟဲက့ၤတုၤလၢအဟံၣ် အမိၢ်တဲဘၣ်အီၤလၢကဘၣ်လဲၤအိၣ်လူၢ်ထံ ဘၣ်ဆၣ်အဝဲတလဲၤဘၣ်
When Bunty goes back home, her mother asks her to clean up. But she refuses.
from “Bunty and Bubbly” →