“to hear” in Sgaw Karen
နၢ်ဟူ
na hoo
to hear
Checked against written sources; not yet confirmed by a native speaker.
“to hear” is written နၢ်ဟူ in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as na hoo. 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
ကနၢ်လၢအံၤ ယနၢ်ဟူတၢ်သ့ယံၤစၢၢ်တလၢၢ် ခီဖျိလၢယနၢ်ခံပၤ
Yes, but listen! I can hear a lot with my ears!
from “We Are All Animals” →တုၤထီးနၢ်ဟူဘၣ်ဃးတၢ်အီၣ်မၤတၢ်သူၣ်ဖှံသးဖှံ အ၀ဲဆိကမိၣ်၀ဲ ယနၢၤတအိၣ်ဘၣ် ယကမၤဒ်လဲၣ်
When the pig heard about the party, he thought, "I want to go to the party, too. But I don't have horns. What can I do?"
from “No Pigs Allowed” →