Contionary:selo

Siwa

Pronunciation

• (Aingo) IPA^(key): [ˈselɔ]

Noun

selo inan (marked selue or selobi)

1. river, especially if large

Inflection

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selo — inanimate noun, e-declension

Unmarked agentive/dative	Marked patientive/genitive	Locative
		inessive	illative	elative	adessive	allative	ablative
selo	selue, selobi	selueįa, selobia	selugįita, selobita	selugįika, selobika	selugįima, selobima	selugįibma, selobibma	selugįiska, selobiska

Toki Pona

Etymology

Esperanto: ŝelo; skin, peel < German: schale; peel, husk, shell. Created by Sonja Lang pre-pu.

Pronunciation

(Toki Pona) IPA: /ˈse.lo/

Content Word

selo

1. outer form, outer layer; bark, peel, shell, skin; boundary
2. peel, outline, protect

Notes

selo describes the outer layer of an object. It doesn't matter what the object is. For example, skin can be selo, and bark can be selo. This can get extended into the metaphorical. What are outer layers for? Usually, they protect that which is inside. Perhaps an attempt to ignore bigotry could be described as a selo. But in doing so, you're framing it as an outer layer of your mind. selo for "protect" has a different vibe when compared with awen's protect meaning. With awen, a protection is an act of maintaining, perhaps from afar with no risk to yourself, but with selo, protection always puts something at risk, be it the skin of an apple, the walls of a castle, or the case of a guitar.