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Toki Pona

Glyph origin

Template:Tok-sitelen The sitelen pona glyph was inspired by ar ("الله") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"). The secular variant represents a dot as the location radical above a container. Compare tok ("insa") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"), tok ("monsi") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"), tok ("poka") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"), tok ("sinpin") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"), and tok ("anpa") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}").

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Noun

Toki Pona/sewi

  1. top, up, sky
  2. overside, area above
  3. peak, highest point

Verb

Toki Pona/sewi

  1. to raise, to rise

Adjective

Toki Pona/sewi

  1. high, at the top,
  2. up, above, superior, elevated
  3. (figuratively) holy, divine, sacred, supernatural
    • 2014 May 25, Sonja Lang, “Preface”, in Toki Pona: The Language of Good, page 7:
      mi open lon nimi sewi.
      I begin with the name of the Divine.
    1. God, god, religious
  4. (figuratively) awe-inspiring, magical

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