“to bite” in Sgaw Karen
ဖျး
hplä
to bite
Checked against written sources; not yet confirmed by a native speaker.
“to bite” is written ဖျး in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as hplä. 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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