“to dig” in Sgaw Karen
ခူၣ်
khoò
to dig
Checked against written sources; not yet confirmed by a native speaker.
“to dig” is written ခူၣ် in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as khoò. 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
ဘၣ်မနၤလၢတထံၣ်ဘၣ်လဲၣ် သုစုမ့ၢ်ခီၣ်မ့ၢ်သ့ဒၣ်ထဲခူၣ်ဟီၣ်ခိၣ်ဘၣ်အၢ
Yes! But your nails will pick up dirt!
from “We Are All Animals” →