Contionary:Toki Pona/kalama

Toki Pona

tok:

Glyph origin

Template:Tok-sitelen The sitelen pona glyph is derived by adding emitters to the dotless glyph for tok ("uta") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"). Compare tok ("pana") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"), tok ("seli") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"), tok ("sona") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"), tok ("toki") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}").

Etymology

Template:Etymon From . Compare Arabic كَلَام (kalām, “speech, phrase”).

Noun

Toki Pona/kalama

1. sound, noise

   Template:Hypo

   1. music, song
   2. voice, scream
   3. utterance, recitation

Verb

Toki Pona/kalama

1. (transitive, intransitive) to be or to make noise, to make sound
   1. to play (an instrument)
   2. to recite, to utter aloud

References

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

Further reading

• Template:Tok-interwikt