jasima

jasima
Pronunciation	/ˈja.si.ma/ 🔊 🔊/j/ sounds like English Y, as in "fjord" or "hallelujah".
Usage	2023: Uncommon (43% ↘︎ ) Most speakers don't use this word.2022: Uncommon (47%)
Book and era	nimi ku suli (post-pu)
Part of speech	Content word
Codepoint	󱥿 U+F197F

jasima is an uncommon content word and post-pu nimi ku suli relating to opposites and reflection.

Etymology

The word jasima is derived from Turkish yansıtmak, meaning "to reflect". The avoidance of a more direct tokiponization (jansima or jansuma) is unclear. It was coined by jan inwin, jan Kisinja, jan Maliku, and jan Wesu in 2018, according to the Toki Pona Dictionary.

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Semantic space

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The semantic space of jasima includes the opposite of an idea or object. It also includes reflecting something, that is, turning the opposites towards each other.

ku

For Toki Pona Dictionary, respondents in ma pona pi toki pona translated these English words as jasima:

reflect³41–60% of respondents, opposite²21–40% of respondents, reverse²21–40% of respondents

sitelen pona

The sitelen pona glyph for jasima (󱥿) depicts the glyph for telo being intersected by a vertical line. It was designed by jan Sa in 2021. This glyph was featured in the Esperanto translation of Toki Pona: The Language of Good.

sitelen sitelen

The sitelen sitelen glyph for jasima represents a figure reflected around the vertical axis. It was designed primarily by lon Jawin in 2021.

Further reading

• "jasima" on lipu Linku
• "jasima" on lipu Wikipesija
• "jasima" on English Wiktionary