open
Pronunciation | /ˈo |
---|---|
Usage | 2023: Core (100% ↗︎ )2022: Core (99%) |
Book and era | nimi pu |
Part of speech | Content word |
Codepoint | U+F1947 |
open is a core content word relating to starting and opening.
Etymology[edit | edit source]
The word open is derived from English and possibly Dutch open.[1]
Semantic space[edit | edit source]
The semantic space of open includes starting, opening, and activating. It is an antonym of pini.
sina open e lupa la pipi li kama lon insasina open e lupa la pipi li kama lon insa.
If you open the door / window, bugs will come inside.
o open e sunoo open e suno.
Open the lights. (chiefly Manglish, Philippine English)
Turn on the lights.
Preverb[edit | edit source]
The word open may be used a preverb used to express the start of an action, as described in the Toki Pona Dictionary.[2]
mi open seli e panmi open seli e pan.[2]
I started cooking rice.
pu[edit | edit source]
In the "Official Toki Pona Dictionary" section, the book Toki Pona: The Language of Good defines open as:
VERB to begin, start; open; turn on
ku[edit | edit source]
For Toki Pona Dictionary, respondents in ma pona pi toki pona translated these English words as open:[3]
open5, initial2 , access2 , entry2 , engage2 , launch2 , starter2 , introduction2 , origin2, begin5 , start5 , beginning5 , initiate4 , starting4 , opening3
sitelen pona[edit | edit source]
The sitelen pona glyph for open () possibly represent a panel slid open or a flap lifted up. It looks similar to poki.
sitelen sitelen[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Word Origins". tokipona.org. Archived from the original on 8 August 2002.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lang, Sonja. (18 July 2021). Toki Pona Dictionary. Illustrated by Vacon Sartirani. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292362. p. 9.
- ↑ Lang, Sonja. (18 July 2021). Toki Pona Dictionary. Illustrated by Vacon Sartirani. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292362. pp. 305–306.
Further reading[edit | edit source]
- "open" on lipu Linku
- "open" on lipu Wikipesija
- "open" on English Wiktionary