“to scratch (an itch)” in Sgaw Karen
ဝာ်
wạ
to scratch (an itch)
Checked against written sources; not yet confirmed by a native speaker.
“to scratch (an itch)” is written ဝာ် in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as wạ. 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
ထိၣ်က၀ာ်စၢၤဖဲအသးအလီၢ်န့ၣ်လီၤfrom “Who Is Our Friend?”ဘၣ်ဆၣ်ကၠီး၀ာ်ဃးကူာ်တၢ်သ့စံးဘၣ်အီၤ “ဖဲာ်ပိာ်ယခံလၢထံကျိ ဒီးနကထံဘၣ် သမၢ်အီၣ်မနုၤလဲၢ်လၢဟါခီတၢ်အီၣ်”from “Curious Baby Elephant”