Contionary:Toki Pona/seli

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Toki Pona

Glyph origin

seli in sitelen pona

The sitelen pona glyph is a dot below three lines angled toward it. The lines may be related to the emitters of tok ("kalama") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"), tok ("pana") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"), tok ("sona") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"), and tok ("toki") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"). There is similarity to heat-related symbols such as and the ISO hot surface hazard symbol.

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Noun

Toki Pona/seli

  1. fire
  2. heat, warmth
  3. chemical reaction
  4. heat source

Verb

Toki Pona/seli

  1. to heat, warm up
  2. to cook

Adjective

Toki Pona/seli

  1. hot, warm
  2. cooked
  3. (derived) south

Antonyms

References

Further reading

Temperature