“to buy” in Sgaw Karen
ပှ့ၤ
phgaȳ
to buy
Checked against written sources; not yet confirmed by a native speaker.
“to buy” is written ပှ့ၤ in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as phgaȳ. 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
ယပၢ်ပှ့ၤဟ့ၣ်ဆံၤတူအမဲာ်ဒီး ယမိၢ်ပှ့ၤဟ့ၣ်ယၤခိၣ်မီၣ်လါအဲး ဒီးပှ့ၤဟ့ၣ်ယပုၢ်လၢကိာ်ကမၢလီၤ
Papa bought Chintu fancy glasses. Mother bought me a bright blue cap. The baby got sugar candy.
from “The Moon and the Cap” →