“to try, to test” in Sgaw Karen
မၤကွၢ်
mā kwa
to try, to test
“to try, to test” is written မၤကွၢ် in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as mā kwa. 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
ချိၢ်ပလ့ၤတဲဆၢအီၤ ဟဲက့ၤမၤကွၢ်လၢမုၢ်အိၣ်ဘှံးနံၤမီၤ
The snail said, "Come and see on Sunday."
from “The Race” →ညၢ်ကွဲၤပူၤခိၣ်ဒူဆီတလဲအလွဲၢ်ဒ်သိးကမၤကွၢ်တၢ်အိၣ်အသးဒ်သိးကမၤအသးလီၤဂာ်ဒီၤညၢ်တခွ့ဆၣ်ဘီဘၣ်ဆၣ်သုကတိၢ်န့ၣ်အီၤတကီဘၣ် တမ့ၢ်ဧါ
This trumpetfish changed colour to try and blend in with a school of yellow tang, but you can pick him out easily enough, can’t you?
from “Dive!” →