Contionary:Toki Pona/kiwen

Toki Pona

tok:

Glyph origin

• tok ("sitelen pona") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"): A cut gemstone, perhaps specifically a diamond.

Etymology

Template:Etymon From Finnish kiven, genitive singular of fi ("kivi") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"). Coined and voted on in 2002 to replace the phrase tok ("wawa") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}") tok ("ma") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}").

Noun

Toki Pona/kiwen

1. a hard object, such as metal, wood, bone or plastic
   1. rock, stone, mineral

      mi jo e kiwen kule mute.

      I have many colorful rocks.

Matter

Adjective

Toki Pona/kiwen

1. hard, tough

   selo kiwen li awen e akesi.

   A hard shell protects a turtle.

   1. (of an object or substance) solid

      Coordinate terms: kon, telo

   2. (relational) rock, rocks; rocky

Verb

Toki Pona/kiwen

1. (intransitive, transitive) to be or to turn into a rock

References

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

Further reading

• Template:Tok-interwikt