“to wake up” in Sgaw Karen
ပၢၢ်ထီၣ်
puh htàw
to wake up
“to wake up” is written ပၢၢ်ထီၣ် in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as puh htàw. 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
ဒးဘီ ဒ့ၣ် ဒီးဂုၢ်ဟဲပၢၢ်ထီၣ်, ဒ်သိးကဖီၢ်အီၣ်အဝဲခံဂၤလၢာ် စိဖံဒီးနါကိၢ်လံမၤဟူးဝးအသးတဘူၣ်လၢၤဘၣ် ဒီးပျံၤတၢ်ဒိၣ်မး
As the night deepens, centipedes, frogs, and snakes emerge from the forest. They are drawn to the firefly's glowing light.
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