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“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”

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