tenpo
Pronunciation | /ˈten |
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Usage | 2023: Core (100% → )2022: Core (100%) |
Book and era | nimi pu |
Part of speech | Content word |
Codepoint | U+F196B |
tenpo is a core content word relating to time.
Etymology[edit | edit source]
The word tenpo is derived from Esperanto tempo, meaning "time", itself from the Romance languages, ultimately from Latin tempus.[1] It is cognate with English tempo, temporal, and tense.
Semantic space[edit | edit source]
The semantic space of tenpo includes periods and moments of time, as well as occasions and situations. It is used as a headnoun in many common time phrases and for many holidays.
mi lukin e ilo tenpomi lukin e ilo tenpo.
I'm looking at the time tool (clock).
pu[edit | edit source]
In the "Official Toki Pona Dictionary" section, the book Toki Pona: The Language of Good defines tenpo as:
NOUN time, duration, moment, occasion, period, situation
ku[edit | edit source]
For Toki Pona Dictionary, respondents in ma pona pi toki pona translated these English words as tenpo:[2]
time5, event2 , season2 , period2 , interval2 , situation2 , instance2, timing4 , session4 , occasion4 , phase4 , moment3 , date3 , circumstance3 , hour3 , appointment3 , scenario3
tenpo dropping[edit | edit source]
tenpo dropping is a style of speech that omits the word tenpo from the head of certain time phrases. For example, the phrase tenpo suno becomes simply suno.
sitelen pona[edit | edit source]
The sitelen pona glyph for tenpo () represents an analog clock. It is typically drawn with one hand pointing up, and another pointing right; their relative lengths are unimportant and are usually drawn with the same length.
sitelen sitelen[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Word Origins". tokipona.org. Archived from the original on 8 August 2002.
- ↑ Lang, Sonja. (18 July 2021). Toki Pona Dictionary. Illustrated by Vacon Sartirani. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292362. p. 362.
Further reading[edit | edit source]
- "tenpo" on lipu Linku
- "tenpo" on lipu Wikipesija
- "tenpo" on English Wiktionary