“to come” in Sgaw Karen
ဟဲ
heh
to come
Checked against written sources; not yet confirmed by a native speaker.
“to come” is written ဟဲ in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as heh. 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
ယကိးယသကိးဟဲအီၣ်ကွၢ် လၢယကလုၢ်ဒၣ်ဝဲ
With my cawing I call my friends to share the feast with me.
from “Noisy Crows” →ဖဲလၢယဟဲက့ၤလၢကျဲအခါ ကလံၤဟဲဆူၣ်ဒိၣ်မး ဒီးယခိၣ်မီၣ်ယူၤကွံာ်ဖးယံၤညါလီၤ
On the way home, a very strong wind came. It blew my cap away.
from “The Moon and the Cap” →