“to search” in Sgaw Karen
ဃုတၢ်
xu ta
to search
“to search” is written ဃုတၢ် in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as xu ta. 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
တၢၢ်အနီၢ်ပၤမုၣ်လိၢ်ဘၣ်၀ဲၤလၢတၢ်ဖးတၢ်အီၣ်လီၤပှဲၤ၀ဲၤဒီးတၢ်အီၣ် ဒ်န့ၣ်အသိးတၢၢ်တဖၣ်ကဘၣ်ဃုတၢ်အီၣ်တုၤန့ၣ်အါအါလီၤ
The Queen wants food to fill the store, so all the ants must work some more.
from “Little Ant's Big Plan” →ချိၣ်ပလ့ၤသံကွၢ်အီၤ နဃုတၢ်တမံၤမံၤဧါ မ့ၢ်ယဃုယဒၢး နထံၣ်ဘၣ်ယဒၢးစ့ၢ်ဧါ
from “Tortoise Finds His Home” →