“to win, overcome” in Sgaw Karen
မၤနၢၤ
mā nūh
to win, overcome
“to win, overcome” is written မၤနၢၤ in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as mā nūh. 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 အဝဲသ့ၣ်မၤနၢၤတၢ်! အဝဲမၤန့ၢ်ခိၣ်ဖးလံ!
Sniffle, sniffle. They’ve WON! THEY’VE WON THE FAMOUS FOOTBALL CUP!
from “Sniffles” →လၢတၢ်န့ၣ်အဃိချိၢ်ပလ့ၤမၤနၢၤတၢ်ပြၢမ့ၢ်လၢအတၢ်ကူာ်သ့လီၤ
So the snail won the race because he was clever!
from “The Race” →