“to fall off” in Sgaw Karen
လီၤတဲာ်
lāw tẹh
to fall off
“to fall off” is written လီၤတဲာ် in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as lāw tẹh. 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
တူၢ် တူၢ် တူၢ် ဃီၤသၣ်အါဖျၢၣ်လီၤတဲာ်ဘၣ်ကိလူအခိၣ်သၣ်
Thud… thud… thud… A shower of coconuts came down on Golu’s head.
from “Playtime” →ထီးလၢအလီၤသးကညီၤတဒု အ၀ဲလီၤတဲာ်အနးဒ့လီၤဘၣ်ဟီၣ်ခိၣ်ဖျၢၣ် လၢတၢ်န့ၣ်အဃိအနးဒ့ဘံၣ်နာ်လီၤ
Poor pig! When he fell, he landed on his nose. And his nose was flattened into a snout.
from “No Pigs Allowed” →