“night” in Sgaw Karen
နၤ
nā
night
Checked against written sources; not yet confirmed by a native speaker.
“night” is written နၤ in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as nā. 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
ထံၣ်လံဧါ ယတဲနၤလံယၤယသ့ကတၢၢ် ယသ့ၣ်ညါတၢ်ကိးမံၤ
Aha! I told you! I am the best! I know it all!
from “We Are All Animals” →"နၤနုၤ" "မ့ၢ်,ယၤအံၤလီၤ" "နကမၤဒ်လဲၣ်" ဆိထူသံကွၢ်ဝဲ
“You?” asked Chhotu. “Yes, me,” said Golu. “How can you do that?” asked Chhotu.
from “Playtime” →