“to take, hold” in Sgaw Karen
ဟံး
hëe
to take, hold
“to take, hold” is written ဟံး in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as hëe. 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
ဖြံးဖြံး "မိၤဟံး နမၤဂ့ၤဒိၣ်မး!" ဖြံးဖြံး ပူကၠါ "နမၤနဲသ့!"
Sniffle, sniffle. "Well done, Mohit!" Sniffle, sniffle. "You did it, Pooja!"
from “Sniffles” →တဲနမဲအတၢ်ဂ့ၤဧါ ဟၤဟါ အံၤနထံၣ်ပမဲလံဧါ နဂံာ်ဘျဲးတၢ်သ့ ဘၣ်ဆၣ်ပ၀ဲပသူပမဲအ့ၣ်ဖျိတၢ်လီၤ... ဟံးဟံး
Teeth? Ha! Ha! Have you seen our teeth? You can chew. But WE CAN BITE! Hiee..Hiee…Hiee…
from “We Are All Animals” →