kalama
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| Pronunciation | /ˈka |
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| Usage | 2023: Core (100% ↗︎ )2022: Core (99%) |
| Book and era | nimi pu |
| Part of speech | Content word |
| Codepoint | U+F1915 |
kalama is a core content word relating to sounds.
Etymology
The word kalama is derived from Croatian galama, meaning "noise".[1]
Semantic space
The semantic space of kalama includes noises and sounds.[2] In the predicate, it refers to producing a noise. According the monsutatesu, the word kalama can have two opposite definitions when used transitively: "to make the sound (of something)" and "to make (someone) make sound". This was first noted by ike Pike sometime before 2021.[3]
pu
In the "Official Toki Pona Dictionary" section, the book Toki Pona: The Language of Good defines kalama as:
VERB to produce a sound; recite, utter aloud
ku
For Toki Pona Dictionary, respondents in ma pona pi toki pona translated these English words as kalama:[4]
sound5, noise4, tone3, bang2
sitelen pona
The sitelen pona glyph for kalama () is the open mouth radical, from uta, with emitters above. This represents a mouth producing or emitting sound.
References
- ↑ "Word Origins". tokipona.org. Archived from the original on 8 August 2002.
- ↑ lipamanka. "toki pona dictionary". lipamanka.gay.
- ↑ kala pona Tonyu. (29 January 2021). "monsutatesu". lipu kule.
- ↑ Lang, Sonja. (18 July 2021). Toki Pona Dictionary. Illustrated by Vacon Sartirani. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292362. p. 235.
Further reading
- "kalama" on lipu Linku
- "kalama" on lipu Wikipesija
- "kalama" on English Wiktionary