“to think” in Sgaw Karen
ဆိကမိၣ်
hsoh ga mòh
to think
Checked against written sources; not yet confirmed by a native speaker.
“to think” is written ဆိကမိၣ် in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as hsoh ga mòh. 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
နဆိကမိၣ်လၢမုၢ်န့ၣ်ကဘၣ်ကၢၣ်ခိၣ်မီၣ်စ့ၢ်ကီးဧါ
Do you think the sun needs a hat?
from “The Moon and the Cap” →တုၤထီးနၢ်ဟူဘၣ်ဃးတၢ်အီၣ်မၤတၢ်သူၣ်ဖှံသးဖှံ အ၀ဲဆိကမိၣ်၀ဲ ယနၢၤတအိၣ်ဘၣ် ယကမၤဒ်လဲၣ်
When the pig heard about the party, he thought, "I want to go to the party, too. But I don't have horns. What can I do?"
from “No Pigs Allowed” →