“pale (of a colour)” in Sgaw Karen
ဃး
xä
pale (of a colour)
“pale (of a colour)” is written ဃး in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as xä. 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
ထွံၣ်ဂဲၤကလံၥ်တသ့ဘၣ်,တၢၢ်ဖးလံၥ်တသ့ဘၣ်,စိးဝးဃးသးဝံၣ်တၢ်တသ့ဘၣ်...
Dogs can’t dance, ants can’t read, crows can’t sing...
from “Can and Can't” →တုၤထီးနၢ်ဟူဘၣ်ဃးတၢ်အီၣ်မၤတၢ်သူၣ်ဖှံသးဖှံ အ၀ဲဆိကမိၣ်၀ဲ ယနၢၤတအိၣ်ဘၣ် ယကမၤဒ်လဲၣ်
When the pig heard about the party, he thought, "I want to go to the party, too. But I don't have horns. What can I do?"
from “No Pigs Allowed” →