“to grill” in Sgaw Karen
ကၣ်
ka bà
to grill
“to grill” is written ကၣ် in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as ka bà. 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
နါကိၢ်လံဒီးကနဲဃ့ၢ်ထီၣ်ကွံာ်ဝဲ ဘၣ်ဆၣ်တဂၤဒီးတဂၤန့ၣ်အဂံၢ်အဘါတအိၣ်လၢၤဘၣ်, ဒီးအဝဲခံဂၤလၢာ်မံနီၤဖၢ်လၢ်ကၣ်လၢဟီၣ်ခိၣ်လိလီၤ
Suddenly, the flower opens up and the two small insects manage to escape. Exhausted, they flutter to the ground and fall asleep.
from “Big-Eyed Bee” →