“to be tall” in Sgaw Karen
ထီ
hṭaw
to be tall
Checked against written sources; not yet confirmed by a native speaker.
“to be tall” is written ထီ in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as hṭaw. 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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ယမၤကဆှီယသးသ့ဒီးတဘၣ်သူဘၣ်ထံဘၣ် ယတဘၣ်လုၢ်ထံဒ်သိး ထီမံၣ် ဘၣ်ကနဲကဲတၢ်ဖိတၢ်လၢ်အပၢ်သီ သ့ၣ်လၢအဒုးအိၣ်ထီၣ်၀ဲဒိၣ်ထီၣ်ထီထီၣ်၀ဲအနီၢ်ဂံၢ်အိၣ်၀ဲအါမးလီၤ