“to eat” in Sgaw Karen
အီၣ်
ʼaẁ
to eat
Checked against written sources; not yet confirmed by a native speaker.
“to eat” is written အီၣ် in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as ʼaẁ. 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
ယဟီၣ်ရး ယအီၣ်မ့ၤဟါခီတဝံၣ်လၢဘၣ်
I cried a lot. And I did not eat my dinner.
from “The Moon and the Cap” →ကဆီထံအိၣ်စ့ၢ်ကီးဖဲန့ၣ် ဟးလိၣ်ကွဲးဒီးအီၣ်နီၢ်လါဟ့လီၤ
Hippo was there too, going for a stroll and eating some nice green grass.
from “Why Hippos Have No Hair” →