Nonstandard color words: Difference between revisions
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In practice, {{tp|kapesi}} is more commonly used for browns than grays, because browns are usually hard to describe with {{tp|pu}} words, while grays can easily be described as {{tp|pimeja walo}} ("light black") or {{tp|walo pimeja}} ("dark white"). One possible alternative to {{tp|kapesi}} is {{tp|kule ma}} ("earth color").
The most commonly used {{tp|[[sitelen pona]]}} glyph for {{tp|kapesi}} ({{sp|kapesi}}) is derived from the color [[triangle radical]] and the word {{tp|[[ma]]}} ("dirt, soil").
[[File:Kapesi - sitelen sitelen word glyph drawn by Aronora.png|thumb|left|100px|The {{tp|sitelen sitelen}} word glyph designed by {{tok|[[jan Alonola]]}}]]
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'''{{tp|nalanja}}''' is {{a category|nalanja}} word and {{tp|[[nimi sin]]}} for orange and similar colors. It was derived from {{w|Spanish language|Spanish}} ''{{lang|es|naranja}}'', meaning "orange". Similar words include {{tp|analanjato}}, {{tp|jole}}, and {{tp|lejo}}. Possible alternatives to {{tp|nalanja}} include {{tp|jelo loje}} and {{tp|loje jelo}}.
There are several {{tp|sitelen pona}}
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