တၢ်မၤမုာ်နံၣ်သီ
Ta mwi na thee
တၢ်မၤမုာ်နံၣ်သီ (Ta mwi na thee) is the Karen phrase for happy new year.
Meaning: Happy New Year (phrase)
How do you pronounce it?
Ta mwi na thee
Did you know?
- The Karen script used to write တၢ်မၤမုာ်နံၣ်သီ was adapted from the Burmese script but modified to fit the unique tonal needs of the Karen language.
- While many cultures use the Gregorian calendar, Karen people often celebrate the traditional Karen New Year based on the lunar cycle or seasonal changes in their ancestral lands.
- The word တၢ် at the beginning of the phrase acts as a noun-maker, turning the action of 'being happy' into a formal noun meaning 'happiness'.
Example conversation
Two friends meet on the street during the new year festival.
- စောလူး Saw Luနုနု၊ တၢ်မၤမုာ်နံၣ်သီ!Nu Nu, ta mha mu naw thi!Nu Nu, happy new year!
- နုနု Nu Nuစောလူး၊ တၢ်မၤမုာ်နံၣ်သီနၤတက့ၤ!Saw Lu, ta mha mu naw thi na ta ke!Saw Lu, happy new year to you too!
- စောလူး Saw Luနၤမၤစဲးတၢ်မုာ်နံၣ်သီဒှနု?na mha se ta mu naw thi hnu?Are you celebrating the new year?
- နုနု Nu Nuအဲၣ်၊ ယမၤစဲးတၢ်မုာ်နံၣ်သီတက့ၤ.ae, ya mha se ta mu naw thi ta ke.Yes, I am celebrating the new year too.
