ijo
Pronunciation | /ˈi |
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Usage | 2023: Core (100% ↗︎ )2022: Core (99%) |
Book and era | nimi pu |
Part of speech | Content word |
Codepoint | U+F190C |
ijo is a core content word relating to things and beings.
Etymology
The word ijo was derived from Esperanto io, meaning "something".[1]
Semantic space
The semantic space of ijo includes anything that exists, such as physical things, phenomenona, ideas, actions, places, sentient beings, or otherwise.[2] For many speakers, it applies to the animate as well as the inanimate, so it may be closer to the English words "being" or "entity" than "thing".
As a verb, ijo can describe a generic action: "to do something".
pu
In the "Official Toki Pona Dictionary" section, the book Toki Pona: The Language of Good defines ijo as:
NOUN thing, phenomenon, object, matter
ku
For Toki Pona Dictionary, respondents in ma pona pi toki pona translated these English words as ijo:
thing5, element2 , asset2 , being2 , chemical2 , subject2 , product2 , stock2 , example2, stuff5 , item5 , something5 , object5 , entity5 , phenomenon4 , material4 , matter (n)4 , substance3 , anything3
sitelen pona
The sitelen pona glyph for ijo represents a circle. It appears as a radical in other glyphs, such as kulupu, pali, sike, toki (and from it, kokosila), and wawa.
References
- ↑ "Word Origins". tokipona.org. Archived from the original on 8 August 2002.
- ↑ lipamanka. toki pona dictionary. lipamanka's website. Retrieved 21 October 2023.