“work, job” in Sgaw Karen
တၢ်မၤ
ta mā
work, job
Checked against written sources; not yet confirmed by a native speaker.
“work, job” is written တၢ်မၤ in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as ta mā. 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.
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ယမံဂဲၤထၢၣ်တမုာ်ဒံးဘၣ်! ယတအဲၣ်ဒိးလဲၤမၤတၢ်မၤလၢအဒိၣ်ဘၣ်!"ဘၣ်မနုလၢနတအိၣ်တ့ၢ်ဂဲၤကလံၢ်နတဘျီ" ကသ့ၣ်ယီစံးကွၢ်အီၤဖဲးအယိးဃာ်တၢ်ဒၢ "ဘၣ်မနုလၢနတမၤတၢ်မၤကၢ်ဃၢလၢအကဲးဘျုးလဲၢ်"