kulupu

kulupu
Pronunciation	/ˈku.lu.pu/ (listen)
Usage	2023: Core (100% ↗ ) 2022: Core (99%)
Book and era	nimi pu
Part of speech	Content word
Codepoint	󱤟 U+F191F

kulupu is a content word relating to groups, collections, and sets.

Etymology

The word kulupu is derived from Tongan kulupu, itself from English group.

Semantic space

The semantic space of kulupu includes all kinds of groups, collections, and sets, especially those whose elements have something in common.

It can refer to groups of people such as societies, communities, nations, and organizations. This sense can also be specified with kulupu jan, if all of the members of the group are jan.

kulupu is also widely used to describe plural systems, and many systems use it as a headnoun instead of jan.

pu

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

NOUN  community, company, group, nation, society, tribe

ku

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

group⁵81–100% of respondents, organization⁵81–100% of respondents, community⁵81–100% of respondents, collective⁵81–100% of respondents, tribe⁵81–100% of respondents, squad⁴61–80% of respondents, tribal⁴61–80% of respondents, bunch⁴61–80% of respondents, cluster⁴61–80% of respondents, league⁴61–80% of respondents, collection⁴61–80% of respondents, society⁴61–80% of respondents, association⁴61–80% of respondents, crew⁴61–80% of respondents, team³41–60% of respondents, club³41–60% of respondents, coalition³41–60% of respondents, set³41–60% of respondents, socially³41–60% of respondents, gathering³41–60% of respondents, category³41–60% of respondents, institution³41–60% of respondents, gang³41–60% of respondents, assembly³41–60% of respondents, meeting³41–60% of respondents, pile³41–60% of respondents, network³41–60% of respondents, crowd³41–60% of respondents, ethnic²21–40% of respondents, bureau²21–40% of respondents, partnership²21–40% of respondents, social²21–40% of respondents, class²21–40% of respondents, array²21–40% of respondents, stack²21–40% of respondents, committee²21–40% of respondents, public²21–40% of respondents, affiliation²21–40% of respondents, combination²21–40% of respondents, sequence²21–40% of respondents, pack²21–40% of respondents, establishment²21–40% of respondents, conference²21–40% of respondents, franchise²21–40% of respondents, demographic²21–40% of respondents, company²21–40% of respondents, rally²21–40% of respondents

sitelen pona

The sitelen pona glyph for kulupu (󱤟) is a group of three circle radicals (compare ijo) arranged in a triangle. Sometimes the word kulupu is modified by arranging three copies of the modifier's glyph into the triangular layout.

Related words

kulu

This subject is nonstandard and may not be understood by most speakers.

kulu
Pronunciation	/ˈku.lu/
Usage	2023: Obscure (2% ↗ ) 2022: Obscure (1%)
Book and era	No book (post-pu)
Part of speech	Number, content word

kulu is an obscure proposed abbreviation of kulupu. It is also used as a number word for 6, especially in base 6 number systems.