Contionary:Toki Pona/luka

Toki Pona

tok:

Glyph origin

• tok ("sitelen pona") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"): From a hand shape. Hence tok ("kepeken") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"), tok ("moku") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"), tok ("pali") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"), tok ("pana") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}").

Noun

Toki Pona/luka

1. the arm or hand, or a comparably tactile limb or organ
   • 2014 May 25, Sonja Lang, “Writings of Bahá’u’lláh”, in Toki Pona: The Language of Good, page 88:

     sewi li open e telo suwi kepeken luka wawa.

     We have unsealed the choice Wine with the fingers of might and power.

Hand Limbs

Numeral

Toki Pona/luka

1. five

Five

Adjective

Toki Pona/luka

1. (relational) arm, hand; brachial or manual

Verb

Toki Pona/luka

1. (transitive) to apply the arm or hand to; to physically touch or feel with the arm or hand

   mi luka e waso.

   I pet a bird.

   ale o luka ala e nena suli loje!

   No one press the big red button!

References

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

Further reading

• Template:Tok-interwikt