“morning” in Sgaw Karen
ဂီၤ
ghaw̄
morning
Checked against written sources; not yet confirmed by a native speaker.
“morning” is written ဂီၤ in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as ghaw̄. 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
တခီးသၣ်မံဂီၤကပုာ်လုးဖျါလီၤအီၣ် အသၣ်ကိပူၤအလွဲၢ်ဘီကပြုၢ်
This juicy, red apple looks delicious and fresh, Inside of the skin is bright yellow flesh.
from “The Big Juicy Apple” →ယတအဲၣ်ဒိးထူးမဲ!ယတအဲၣ်ဒိးလုၢ်ထံ! ဒီးတအဲၣ်ဒိးအီၣ်ဂီၤတၢ်အီၣ်လၢအဲးလံဘၣ်!
I DON'T want to brush my teeth! I DON'T want to have a bath! I DON'T want to have idlis for breakfast!
from “Do and don't” →