“to pluck” in Sgaw Karen
ဒဲး
dëh
to pluck
“to pluck” is written ဒဲး in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as dëh. 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
ယဃုလၢယဒၢးပူၤကိးဆူးဒဲး ယဃုအိးထီၣ်ယလံာ်ကိးဘ့ၣ်ဒဲး
I have looked in every room, l have looked under every book.
from “Lost and Found” →