“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.
This word in a story
ဘၣ်ဆၣ်အသူအၢမး ထွံၣ်ဟီၣ်ခိၣ်ဂူာ်လီာ်ကုၢ်အူသ့ၣ်ပဒၢလၢတၢ်ကတဲာ်ကတီၤတၢ်လီၢ် လၢ တၢ်သူၣ်တၢ်ဖျး အဆၢကတီၢ်အဂီၢ်
Mod quickly found herself facing another strange new creature. It was a hyena, burning bushes to prepare for the planting season.
from “Mod the Toad” →ထိၣ်ကဟဲဖျးမၤကဆှီၤန့ၣ်ယမဲလီၤ
from “Who Is Our Friend?” →