“nest” in Sgaw Karen
သွံ
thwee
nest
“nest” is written သွံ in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as thwee. 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
ဖဲယဖိတဖၣ်အိၣ်လၢအသွံပူၤ ယက ကဟုကယၥ်အီၤ
When my babies are in the nest, I have to be on guard.
from “Noisy Crows” →ခးအးအတၢ်မုၢ်လၢ်ဟးဂီၤ ဟီၣ်အမဲာ်ထံလီၤနးနးကလဲာ် က့ၤကဒါက့ၤဆူအသွံဒၣ်၀ဲ
Kaage was very disappointed. Crying bitter tears, she returned to her nest.
from “The Generous Crow” →