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“to steal” in Sgaw Karen

ဟုၣ်တၢ်

hù ta

to steal

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

“to steal” is written ဟုၣ်တၢ် in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as hù 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

အသု၀ဲကိးအ့နဲသံၣ်ဒီးကၠိး၀ၣ်ဃးဟဲကၠံနုၥ်ဒီးတဘျီ ပန၁်ကၠိး၀ၣ်ဃးလီၤ အသု၀ဲစံး အတမ့ၢ်ပှၤဟုၣ်တၢ်ဘၣ် နကတိၤကူၣ်န့ၢ်တၢ်လၢတမ့ၢ်နတၢ်ဘၣ် အ့နဲသံၣ်ဘူးတန၁်အတၢ်နၣ်ဟူဘၣ် ၀ံၤအဟီၣ်ထီၣ်၀ဲဒၣ်
They summoned Anansi and Vulture again. "We believe Vulture’s story," they said. "He is not the thief. You were trying to claim something that was not yours." Anansi could not believe his ears!
from “Anansi and Vulture”

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