“to count” in Sgaw Karen
ဂံၢ်
ghee̱
to count
“to count” is written ဂံၢ် in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as ghee̱. 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
ကနဲကဲတၢ်ဖိတၢ်လၢ်အပၢ်သီ သ့ၣ်လၢအဒုးအိၣ်ထီၣ်၀ဲဒိၣ်ထီၣ်ထီထီၣ်၀ဲအနီၢ်ဂံၢ်အိၣ်၀ဲအါမးလီၤ
Bees are the buzzing godfathers of many new plants that grow away from the parent-tree.
from “Why Do Bees Buzz?” →တၢ်မိၣ်ထံၣ်နသးလၢယဖံးယညၣ်ဖဲယမၤတၢ်အခါဧါ ? နကွၢ်ယၤအံၤန့ၣ် ယဆံးကဲဖိ ဘၣ်ဆၣ်ယဂံၢ်ဆူၣ်ဒိၣ်မး
Want to see my muscles at work? I may look very tiny to you, but I am very strong.
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