“to smell” in Sgaw Karen
နၢတၢ်
nuh ta
to smell
“to smell” is written နၢတၢ် in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as nuh 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
ပတသီၣ်ဒိၣ်ဒိၣ်ဒ်ဆၣ်ဖိကီၢ်ဖိအဂၤတဖၣ်ဘၣ် လၢပကျိာ်န့ၣ် ပဘၣ်သူပနးဒ့လၢကနၢတၢ်ပလုၢ်အဂီၢ်လီၤ
We are not noisy like other animals. Ours is a language of smells.
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