“wet” in Sgaw Karen
စီၣ်
saẁ
wet
“wet” is written စီၣ် in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as saẁ. 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
ဘံမၤသးတမုာ်ဘၣ် လၢဂီၤခီၤမၤဒီးတနံၤ သၣ်ဘံးလၤဟဲၤစီၣ်လီၤလၢအနးဒ့လိၤ"ဟး ဆံၣ်ၣ်ၣ်" ဘံမၤဂဲထၢၣ်ကဆဲၤသဲၤဖးဒိၣ်
Bheema was sad. The next morning, a fly came and sat on his nose. "Aaah…chhoooo… ahchhoo!" Bheema got up with a big sneeze.
from “Bheema, the Sleepyhead” →