“to last” in Sgaw Karen
ယံာ်
yeẹ
to last
Checked against written sources; not yet confirmed by a native speaker.
“to last” is written ယံာ် in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as yeẹ. 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
အိးအိၤ ပမဲၢ်တအိၣ်ဘၣ်ယံာ်လံ ပမဲၢ်မ့ၢ်အိၣ်ပကူဖျီၣ်ခံတသ့ဘၣ်လီၤ
Tails! We gave them up long ago! How else could we wear our shorts?
from “We Are All Animals” →တယံာ်ဘၣ်ဒီးယဖံဟဲက့ၤလၢအတၢ်ဟးလိၢ်ကွဲ "ကွၢ်လၢန့ၣ်ယဖံတိကီၣ်မတၤတမံၤလၢကရၢၢ်ပူၤလဲၣ်"
Soon granny came back from her walk. "Look what I found in the park."
from “Lost and Found” →