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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>==Toki Pona==<br />
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===Glyph origin===<br />
{{tok-sitelen}}<br />
The ''sitelen pona'' glyph consists of a bigger circle [[tangent#Adjective|tangent]] to a smaller circle below. Plausibly, the circles represent a parent and a child, respectively.<br />
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===Etymology===<br />
{{etymon|tok|:der|ka:მამა<t:father>|tree=1|text=+}}<br />
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===Pronunciation===<br />
{{tok-IPA}}<br />
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===Noun===<br />
{{head|tok|noun}}<br />
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# [[parent]], [[ancestor]] (inclusive of [[mother]] and [[father]])<br />
#* {{quote-book|tok|date=2014 May 25|author=Sonja Lang|title=Toki Pona: The Language of Good|chapter=The Qur’an|url=|page=85|text=ona li mama ala, li jo ala e '''mama'''.|t=Doesn't give birth, wasn’t born.|lit=&hellip;and doesn't have a '''parent'''.}}<br />
## [[caretaker]], [[sustainer]]<br />
# [[originator]], [[creator]]<br />
#: {{ux|tok|mama Sonja li '''mama''' pi toki pona.|Sonja Lang is the '''creator''' of Toki Pona.}}<br />
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===Adjective===<br />
{{head|tok|adj}}<br />
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# {{lb|tok|relational}} [[parent]], [[parent]]s; [[parental]]<br />
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===Verb===<br />
{{head|tok|verb}}<br />
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# {{lb|tok|intransitive|transitive}} to be or turn into a parent or a creator; to [[birth]], to [[create]]<br />
#: {{syn|tok|lon|pali}}<br />
#* {{quote-book|tok|date=2014 May 25|author=Sonja Lang|title=Toki Pona: The Language of Good|chapter=The Qur’an|url=|page=85|text=ona li '''mama''' ala, li jo ala e mama.|t=Doesn't '''give birth''', wasn’t born.}}<br />
# {{lb|tok|transitive}} to take [[care]] of, to [[raise]], to [[rear]]<br />
#* {{quote-journal|tok|date=2024-02-07|author=jan Alonola|title=o mama e kasi moku lon tomo sina|journal=lipu tenpo|url=https://liputenpo.org/lipu/nanpa-tenpo|volume=|issue=(nanpa) tenpo|page=7|text=sina ken '''mama''' e kasi moku lon tomo sina, lon supa pi poka lupa!|t=You can '''raise''' edible plants in your house, on a windowsill!}}<br />
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===References===<br />
* {{R:Toki Pona: The Language of Good|page=129|entry=true}}<br />
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===Further reading===<br />
* {{tok-interwikt}}</div>wikt>Jlwoodwa