“tree” in Sgaw Karen
သ့ၣ်
thaỳ
tree
Checked against written sources; not yet confirmed by a native speaker.
“tree” is written သ့ၣ် in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as thaỳ. 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
သု၀ဲသ့ၣ်သုမ့ၢ်ဒၣ်ထဲဆၣ်ဖိကီၢ်ဖိယိယိယသ့ၣ်ညါလီၤ
So then! You are only animals - I know that!
from “We Are All Animals” →ယထီၣ်သ့ၣ်သ့ ယဖုသ့ ဒီးယသ့ၣ်ညါကျဲစၢၢ်လိဖဲအံၤခဲလၢာ်န့ၣ်လီၤ
I can climb trees. I can jump. I know all the short cuts here.
from “Clean Cat” →