“to rub, scrub” in Sgaw Karen
ထူး
htü
to rub, scrub
“to rub, scrub” is written ထူး in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as htü. 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
ယတအဲၣ်ဒိးထူးမဲ!ယတအဲၣ်ဒိးလုၢ်ထံ! ဒီးတအဲၣ်ဒိးအီၣ်ဂီၤတၢ်အီၣ်လၢအဲးလံဘၣ်!
I DON'T want to brush my teeth! I DON'T want to have a bath! I DON'T want to have idlis for breakfast!
from “Do and don't” →ကိးနံၤဒဲးန့ၣ်ဘၤတံးကသူဆးပၠာ်လုၢ်ထံ ဒီးအဝဲကထူးအမဲဒီးထွါကွံာ်အလိၤတုၤအကဆှဲကဆှီန့ၣ်လီၤ
These days, Bunty likes to use soap, and she brushes and scrubs herself clean.
from “Bunty and Bubbly” →