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Toki Pona
selo in sitelen pona
Etymology
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From Esperanto ŝelo (“skin”). Distantly related to tok ("sitelen") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}").
Pronunciation
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Noun
Toki Pona/selo
- the outside, surface, outer layer or boundary (e.g. skin, bark, peel, shell)
- (by extension) shape, form
2014 May 25, Sonja Lang, “Preface”, in Toki Pona: The Language of Good, page 7:mi wile pana e selo pini pi toki pona.- I hope to present the language [Toki Pona] in its completed form.
References
Skin