“small child” in Sgaw Karen
ဖိဆံး
hpoh hsëe
small child
“small child” is written ဖိဆံး in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as hpoh hsëe. 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
တၢၢ်ဖိဆံးဆံးဖးဒ်၀ဲၤဒၣ်လံာ်ဒ် ဖး၀ဲၤဒၣ်ဟါမုၢ်တနံၤ အဖး၀ဲၤတုအလၢာ်၀ဲၤမုၢ်တနံၤ
Little Ant would read all day, he’d read and read the day away.
from “Little Ant's Big Plan” →တၢၢ်ဖိဆံးတန့ၢ်အီၣ်ဘၣ်ထံဘၣ်တဘျုးနံၤလံၤ
from “How Ant Saved Dove” →