“thick” in Sgaw Karen
တံ
tee
thick
Checked against written sources; not yet confirmed by a native speaker.
“thick” is written တံ in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as tee. 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
ဖဲဘၤတံဟဲက့ၤတုၤလၢအဟံၣ် အမိၢ်တဲဘၣ်အီၤလၢကဘၣ်လဲၤအိၣ်လူၢ်ထံ ဘၣ်ဆၣ်အဝဲတလဲၤဘၣ်ပတံသကိးလၢအဂ့ၤကတၢၢ်မ့ၢ် ထိၣ်from “Who Is Our Friend?”