Contionary:Toki Pona/kule
Toki Pona
Glyph origin
Template:Tok-sitelen The sitelen pona glyph is formed with the color radical (a triangle), which itself may be representing a prism, and a straight line through the middle. Compare tok ("jelo") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"), tok ("laso") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"), tok ("loje") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"), tok ("pimeja") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"), tok ("walo") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}").
Etymology
Template:Etymon From Acadian French couleur (“color”).
Pronunciation
Noun
- color, hue, paint
- 2021 July 18, jan Kapilu, “lon ma tomo pi tenpo pini suli”, in Sonja Lang, compiler, Toki Pona Dictionary, page 401:
- insa pi ma ni la kasi pi kule ale li lon,
- Inside this land, there are plants of all colors,
- spectrum
- (rare, by analogy) any intrinsic or sensory attribute, such as flavor, smell, timbre, pitch, and texture
- Synonym: poki
Verb
- (transitive) to be or turn colourful; to colour, to paint