“parrot” in Sgaw Karen
ထိၣ်ကံၣ်
htòh kèe
parrot
Checked against written sources; not yet confirmed by a native speaker.
“parrot” is written ထိၣ်ကံၣ် in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as htòh kèe. 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
နဟဲမံအိၣ်သကိးယၤသ့ ထိၣ်ကံၣ်ဖိတဲဘၣ်အီၤ တၢ်ဘျုးနီၤ ယုၢ်တဲဆၢအီၤfrom “A House for Mouse”