“ship” in Sgaw Karen
ကဘီ
ga baw
ship
Checked against written sources; not yet confirmed by a native speaker.
“ship” is written ကဘီ in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as ga baw. 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
အဝဲအဲၣ်တၢ်ဂဲၤလိာ်ကွဲကဘီလၢပှၤချံးအီၤလၢစးခိ
She loves to play with paper boats.
from “Bunty and Bubbly” →