“to be small” in Sgaw Karen
ဆံး
hseë
to be small
Checked against written sources; not yet confirmed by a native speaker.
“to be small” is written ဆံး in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as hseë. 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.
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တနီၤအိၣ်ဒီးအနီၣ်ဆံးဃီသၣ်ဆံး လီၤတဲာ်ဘၣ်ဆိထူအခိၣ်သၣ်