sike
Pronunciation | /ˈsi |
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Usage | 2023: Core (100% ↗︎ )2022: Core (99%) |
Book and era | nimi pu |
Part of speech | Content word |
Codepoint | U+F195C |
sike is a core content word relating to round things.
Etymology[edit | edit source]
The word sike is derived from English circle,[1] possibly as a spelling pronunciation.
Semantic space[edit | edit source]
The semantic space of sike includes round, cyclical, and smooth[2] things. Round sike may be concrete objects, such as balls, wheels, and discuses, or abstract shapes, such as circles, spheres, ovals, spirals, and many-sided polygons.
sike tu li ponasike tu li pona.[3]
Two wheels [bicycles] are good.
sike also include cycles as in repeating events. The foremost example is the year, which sike may sometimes refer to, even without further specification of time.
pu[edit | edit source]
In the "Official Toki Pona Dictionary" section, the book Toki Pona: The Language of Good defines sike as:
NOUN round or circular thing; ball, circle, cycle, sphere, wheel
ADJECTIVE of one year
ku[edit | edit source]
For Toki Pona Dictionary, respondents in ma pona pi toki pona translated these English words as sike:[4]
round5, spin2 , ring2 , surround2 , curve2 , rolling2 , spot2 , orbit2 , twist2 , roll1, circle5 , sphere5 , ball4 , loop4 , cycle4 , wheel4 , disc3 , globe3 , circuit3
sitelen pona[edit | edit source]
The sitelen pona glyph for sike () represents two concentric circles, as to distinguish it from ijo.
sitelen sitelen[edit | edit source]
The sitelen sitelen glyph for sike (sike) depicts a ball with a shine on the top-right.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Word Origins". tokipona.org. Archived from the original on 8 August 2002.
- ↑ lipamanka. "toki pona dictionary". lipamanka.gay.
- ↑ Paul Goguen. (8 June 2020). "Paul Goguen - sike tu li pona" (in Toki Pona). Sex [@sex2631]. YouTube. Retrieved 27 March 2024. See sike tu li pona.
- ↑ Lang, Sonja. (18 July 2021). Toki Pona Dictionary. Illustrated by Vacon Sartirani. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292362. p. 340.
Further reading[edit | edit source]
- "sike" on lipu Linku
- "sike" on lipu Wikipesija
- "sike" on English Wiktionary