Contionary:Toki Pona/ala

Toki Pona

Glyph origin

• tok ("sitelen pona") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"): From the X mark.

Etymology

Template:Etymon From Georgian არა (ara, “no”). Could also be influenced by Finnish älä, meaning "do not."

Adjective

Toki Pona/ala

1. no; not

Usage notes

ala has special precedence where it is treated as a negation modifier even after prepositions and preverbs (e.g. tawa ala ma; kama ala pali). Most content words that follow a preposition are instead treated as the head of the prepositional phrase, and most that follow a preverb are treated as the subsequent verb. Some speakers extend this property of ala to a small class of words such as tok ("kin") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"), tok ("lili") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"), tok ("mute") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"), and tok ("taso") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}").

Numeral

Toki Pona/ala

1. zero; none

Noun

Toki Pona/ala

1. that which is not; nothing

   Antonym: ale

2. negation

Verb

Toki Pona/ala

1. (transitive, intransitive) to do nothing (to)
2. (transitive, intransitive) to be or cause to be nothing; to nullify, annihilate, erase, or delete

Particle

Toki Pona/ala

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   sina wile ala wile e poki pi telo kasi?

   Would you like a cup of tea?

   Synonym: anu seme

Interjection

Toki Pona/ala

1. no

   Antonym: lon

References

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

Further reading

• Template:Tok-interwikt

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