“to sleep” in Sgaw Karen
မံ
mee
to sleep
Checked against written sources; not yet confirmed by a native speaker.
“to sleep” is written မံ in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as mee. 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
ယမံဂဲၤထၢၣ်တမုာ်ဒံးဘၣ်! ယတအဲၣ်ဒိးလဲၤမၤတၢ်မၤလၢအဒိၣ်ဘၣ်!
I DON'T want to wake up! I DON'T want to do the big job!
from “Do and don't” →တခီးသၣ်မံဂီၤကပုာ်လုးဖျါလီၤအီၣ် အသၣ်ကိပူၤအလွဲၢ်ဘီကပြုၢ်
This juicy, red apple looks delicious and fresh, Inside of the skin is bright yellow flesh.
from “The Big Juicy Apple” →