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“to smell” in Sgaw Karen

နၢတၢ်

nuh ta

to smell

Checked against written sources; not yet confirmed by a native speaker.

“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.
from “Busy Ants”

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