“sun” in Sgaw Karen
မုၢ်
mu̱
sun
Checked against written sources; not yet confirmed by a native speaker.
“sun” is written မုၢ် in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as mu̱. 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
ထီၣ်ထီဆူမုၢ်အအိၣ် ထီၣ်ထီတုၤအကတၢၢ်
Reaching higher towards the sun, Reaching higher until it's done.
from “The Big Juicy Apple” →နဆိကမိၣ်လၢမုၢ်န့ၣ်ကဘၣ်ကၢၣ်ခိၣ်မီၣ်စ့ၢ်ကီးဧါ
Do you think the sun needs a hat?
from “The Moon and the Cap” →