Contionary:Toki Pona/mu

Toki Pona

tok:

Glyph origin

• tok ("sitelen pona") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"): A mammalian head.
• tok ("sitelen sitelen") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"): A side profile of an animal's head, possibly that of a reptile or fish.

Etymology

Template:Onom for a cow or cat sound. Possibly influenced by similar interjections in Toki Pona source languages

Interjection

Toki Pona/mu

1. Template:Non-gloss meow, woof, moo, etc.
2. (humorous) Template:Non-gloss

Noun

Toki Pona/mu

1. an animal or other sound

   mu ilo

   an electronic beep

   Synonym: kalama

Verb

Toki Pona/mu

1. (transitive, intransitive) to meow, bark, moo, etc.

Usage notes

• According to Toki Pona: The Language of Good, mu can be used to translate an utterance by an animal regardless of length or meaning: the hoopoe's report to Solomon in Surah An-Naml 22–26 is translated as "mu!"

References

• Template:R:Toki Pona: The Language of Good

Further reading

• Template:Tok-interwikt