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==Etymology== |
==Etymology== |
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The word {{tp|kipisi}} is thought to be derived from {{w|Iñupiaq language|Iñupiaq}} ''{{lang|ik|kipriruk}}'', meaning "cut", |
The word {{tp|kipisi}} is thought to be derived from {{w|Iñupiaq language|Iñupiaq}} ''{{lang|ik|kipriruk}}'', meaning "cut", or potentially {{w|Swahili language|Swahili}} ''{{lang|sw|kipisi}}'', meaning "sliver, small piece of wood".<ref>{{cite Discord|name={{tok|jan Sonja}}|username=sonjalang|url=//discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/301377942062366741/640771093027880991|message type=reply to @orsetto|channel={{tok|toki-ale}}|server={{tp|ma pona pi toki pona}}}}<blockquote>'''@orsetto:''' @sonjalang […] was {{tp|kipisi}} really not from Swahili ''{{lang|sw|kipisi}}'' ‘sliver’?<br>'''@sonjalang:''' I thought it was from an Inuktitut word for cut</blockquote></ref> |
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=={{tp|sitelen pona}}== |
=={{tp|sitelen pona}}== |
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The {{tp|[[sitelen pona]]}} glyph for {{tp|kipisi}} ({{UCSUR char|{{codepoint|kipisi}}}}) is derived from the {{w|division sign}} (÷). It was designed by {{tok|[[jan Same]]}}, designer of the {{tp|[[linja pona]]}} font, in October 2016, closely resembling the mathematical sign.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forums.tokipona.org/viewtopic.php?t=2616|title={{tok|Sitelen pona}} glyphs for new and apocryphal words|website=Toki Pona Forums|author={{tok|jan Same}}|date=2016-10-11|access-date=2023-11-23}}</ref> It was later changed and the horizontal line being rotated to the side, similarly to the {{w|percent sign}} (%), to avoid confusion with {{tp|[[lon]]}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forums.tokipona.org/viewtopic.php? |
The {{tp|[[sitelen pona]]}} glyph for {{tp|kipisi}} ({{UCSUR char|{{codepoint|kipisi}}}}) is derived from the {{w|division sign}} (÷). It was designed by {{tok|[[jan Same]]}}, designer of the {{tp|[[linja pona]]}} font, in October 2016, closely resembling the mathematical sign.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forums.tokipona.org/viewtopic.php?t=2616|title={{tok|Sitelen pona}} glyphs for new and apocryphal words|website=Toki Pona Forums|author={{tok|jan Same}}|date=2016-10-11|access-date=2023-11-23}}</ref> It was later changed and the horizontal line being rotated to the side, similarly to the {{w|percent sign}} (%), to avoid confusion with {{tp|[[lon]]}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forums.tokipona.org/viewtopic.php?p=15268#p15268|title=Re: {{tok|Sitelen pona}} glyphs for new and apocryphal words|website=Toki Pona Forums|author={{tok|jan Same}}|date=2016-10-16|access-date=2023-11-23}}</ref> This version was included in version 1.0 of {{tp|linja pona}}. |
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=={{tp|sitelen sitelen}}== |
=={{tp|sitelen sitelen}}== |