“to come back” in Sgaw Karen

ဟဲက့ၤ

heh kāy ka dah kāy

to come back

Checked against written sources; not yet confirmed by a native speaker.

“to come back” is written ဟဲက့ၤ in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as heh kāy ka dah kāy. 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

ချိၢ်ပလ့ၤတဲဆၢအီၤ ဟဲက့ၤမၤကွၢ်လၢမုၢ်အိၣ်ဘှံးနံၤမီၤ
The snail said, "Come and see on Sunday."
from “The Race”
ဖဲလၢယဟဲက့ၤလၢကျဲအခါ ကလံၤဟဲဆူၣ်ဒိၣ်မး ဒီးယခိၣ်မီၣ်ယူၤကွံာ်ဖးယံၤညါလီၤ
On the way home, a very strong wind came. It blew my cap away.
from “The Moon and the Cap”

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