“shore” in Sgaw Karen
ထံကၢၢ်နံၤ
htee kuh nēe
shore
“shore” is written ထံကၢၢ်နံၤ in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as htee kuh nēe. 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
အ၀ဲလဲၤပၤကွံာ်နီၢ်နိၢ်ဘိ ဒီးဆၢထၢၣ်လၢထံကၢၢ်နံၤ ကွၢ်လီၤတၢ်ဆူထံကျိပူၤ စံး၀ဲဒၣ် သမၢ်အိၣ်ဖဲလဲၢ်?
from “Curious Baby Elephant” →