Contionary:Toki Pona/pimeja

Toki Pona

File:Pimeja - sitelen pona in Sonja Lang's handwriting.svg

pimeja in sitelen pona

Glyph origin

The sitelen pona glyph is composed of the color radical (a triangle), which itself may be representing a prism, and a cross, indicating the lack of light. Compare tok ("jelo") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"), tok ("laso") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"), tok ("loje") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"), tok ("walo") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}").

Adjective

Toki Pona/pimeja

1. black, blackish
2. dark, unlit

   Antonym: suno

Noun

Toki Pona/pimeja

1. the color black
2. darkness, shadow
   1. night

      tenpo pimeja ― night-time (literally, “dark time”)

Verb

Toki Pona/pimeja

1. (transitive, intransitive) to be dark or darken

Hypernym

• kule

Coordinate terms

• jelo
• laso
• loje
• walo

References

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