“star” in Sgaw Karen
ဆၣ်
hsà
star
Checked against written sources; not yet confirmed by a native speaker.
“star” is written ဆၣ် in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as hsà. 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
ယကၠီၢ်လီၤလၢသ့ၣ်ခံ ဒီးကွၢ်တၢ်ဝးတ၇ံးဃုအီၣ်ဆၣ်လၢအဝံၣ်အဘဲ
I sit on the tree and look around for some tasty bits of food.
from “Noisy Crows” →"နမၤဘၣ်စီာ်ယၤလီၤ"ထိၢ်လီလၢအဃုၤအီၣ်အဆၣ်လၢဂီခီတဲးထီၣ်၀ဲၤ "လဲၤဂဲကလံၢ်လၢကၢ်ဃၢၤန့ၢ်"
"You’re making me wet!" says Kingfisher, hunting for her breakfast. "Go dance somewhere else."
from “Hippo Wants to Dance” →