Contionary:Toki Pona/tawa
Toki Pona
Glyph origin
The sitelen pona glyph represents moving legs with feet pointed in the writing direction, a mirror image of tok ("kama") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"). Compare tok ("awen") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"). It may also be based on the Blissymbols character Legs and Feet.
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
Verb
- to go to
- to move, displace
- 2021 July 18, jan Kapilu, “lon ma tomo pi tenpo pini suli”, in Sonja Lang, compiler, Toki Pona Dictionary, page 401:
- sama telo la ale li tawa,
- Like water, everything flows,
- to walk, travel
- to leave
Adjective
Preposition
- to, towards
- 2025 February 28, kije Weku, “lipu Kojo en linluwi majuna”, in lipu tenpo[1], number (nanpa) tenpo, page 7:
- tenpo ni la linluwi majuna li kama suli tan ni: jan mute li pilin ike tawa linluwi sin.
- Now, the old internet is becoming important because many people feel bad about the new internet.
- (literally, “feel bad towards the new internet.”)
- for
- until
- from the perspective of
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