“(classifier for round things)” in Sgaw Karen
ဖျၢၣ်
hpluh̀
(classifier for round things)
“(classifier for round things)” is written ဖျၢၣ် in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as hpluh̀. 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
တူၢ် တူၢ် တူၢ် ဃီၤသၣ်အါဖျၢၣ်လီၤတဲာ်ဘၣ်ကိလူအခိၣ်သၣ်
Thud… thud… thud… A shower of coconuts came down on Golu’s head.
from “Playtime” →တၢၢ်တဖၣ် တဘ့ၣ်ဒီးတဘ့ၣ်လဲၤဟးဒီဂ့ၢ် ဆီာ်ကိၣ်ဒီဖျၢၣ် ဆီာ်ကိၣ်ဒီဘ့ၣ်
The ants go marching one by one, carrying a burger, carrying a bun.
from “Little Ant's Big Plan” →