Contionary:Toki Pona/luka
Toki Pona
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}}}").
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
- 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.
Numeral
Adjective
- (relational) arm, hand; brachial or manual
Verb
- (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!