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|nasin ni o kama sijelo e <mark>kana</mark>.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://youtu.be/mDFpd9jsD_g|title=mi ken tawa pona kepeken seme? (prod. plantcham)|author=lassc|username=l4ssc|date=2023-08-21|website=YouTube|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240522233139/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDFpd9jsD_g|archive-date=2024-05-23|access-date=2024-05-23}}</ref>
|kana lape li ken ala ken toki e tenpo kama?
|This is how I will (lit. this method will) make my <mark>dreams</mark> physical.
|Can dreams tell of the future?
|nasin ni o kama sijelo e <mark>kana</mark>
|kana lape li ken ala ken toki e tenpo kama
}}
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Revision as of 23:35, 22 May 2024

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Pronunciation /ˈka.na/
Usage 2023: Not notable (1%)Caution: Most speakers don't understand this word.
Book and era No book
Part of speech Content word

kana is a marginal content word relating to unreal imagery.

Etymology

The word kana is derived from Tulu ಕನ (kana), meaning "dream". It was coined by ilo Powa in 2022.

Semantic space

The semantic space of kana includes dreams; altered states of consciousness, such as trance, hypnosis, and hallucination; illusions; and fiction, such as stories and myth.[1] The common theme is things that may appear to be real, including mental states that cause them.

According to Linku, kana "[s]erves as a non-deprecated, neutral-connotation, and polysemous variant of words like oni, powe, or jume." kana's semantic space most likely encompasses all of theirs.

nasin ni o kama sijelo e kana

nasin ni o kama sijelo e kana.[2]

This is how I will (lit. this method will) make my dreams physical.

sitelen pona

The sitelen pona glyph for kana (kana) may depict a cloud or plume, such as of smoke.

References

  1. ilo Powa [@flora_key]. (30 July 2023). [Message posted in the #the nasa renaissance and its results thread in the #toki-suli channel in the ma pona pi toki pona Discord server]. Discord. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  2. lassc [l4ssc]. (21 August 2023). "mi ken tawa pona kepeken seme? (prod. plantcham)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 23 May 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2024.

Further reading