kasi

kasi is a core content word relating to plants and vegetation.

kasi
Pronunciation	/ˈka.si/
Usage	2023: Core (100% ↗︎ )2022: Core (99%)
Book and era	nimi pu
Part of speech	Content word
Codepoint	󱤗 U+F1917

Etymology

The word kasi is derived from Finnish kasvi, meaning "plant".

Semantic space

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The semantic space of kasi includes plants and vegetation. It may also specfically refer to the leafy parts of plants, such as herbs, bushes.

pu

In the "Official Toki Pona Dictionary" section, the book Toki Pona: The Language of Good defines kasi as:

NOUN  plant, vegetation; herb, leaf

ku

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

plant⁵81–100% of respondents, bush⁴61–80% of respondents, herb²21–40% of respondents, tree²21–40% of respondents

sitelen pona

The sitelen pona glyph for kasi (󱤗) represents a sprout.

sitelen sitelen

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Further reading

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