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'''{{tp|kana}}''' is {{a category}} [[content word]] relating to unreal imagery.
==Etymology==
The word {{tp|kana}} is derived from {{w|Tulu language|Tulu}} {{lang|tcy|ಕನ}} (''{{lang|tcy|kana}}''), meaning "dream". It was coined by {{tok|ilo Powa}} in 2022.
==Semantic space==
The [[semantic space]] of {{tp|kana}} includes dreams; {{w|altered states of consciousness}}, such as trance, hypnosis, and hallucination; illusions; and fiction, such as stories and myth.<ref>{{cite Discord|url=//discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/1134994249021136916/1135002247034568814|thread=the {{tok|nasa}} renaissance and its results|channel={{tok|toki-suli}}|server={{tp|ma pona pi toki pona}}|author={{tok|ilo Powa}}|username=flora_key|access-date=2024-04-03|quote=}}</ref> The common theme is things that may appear to be real, including mental states that cause them.
According to {{tok|[[Linku]]}}, {{tp|kana}} "[s]erves as a non-[[:Category:Deprecated words|deprecated]], neutral-connotation, and {{w|polysemous}} variant of words like {{tok|[[oni]]}}, {{tok|[[powe]]}}, or {{tok|[[jume]]}}." {{tp|kana}}'s semantic space most likely encompasses all of theirs.
{{Example
|kana lape li ken ala ken toki e tenpo kama?
|Can dreams tell of the future?
|kana lape li ken ala ken toki e tenpo kama
}}
=={{tp|sitelen pona}}==
The {{tp|[[sitelen pona]]}} glyph for {{tp|kana}} ({{sp|kana}}) may depict a cloud or plume, such as of smoke.
==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{R:Linku}}
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