laso
laso is a core content word used for turquoise and turquoise–adjacent colors, including blues and greens.
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| Pronunciation | /ˈla |
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| Usage | 2023: Core (99% ↗︎ )2022: Core (98%) |
| Book and era | nimi pu |
| Part of speech | Content word |
| Codepoint | U+F1923 |
Etymology
The word laso is derived from Welsh glas, meaning only "blue" in modern Welsh, but used to cover colors like green and silver.[1]
Semantic space
The semantic space of laso usually ranges from greens to bluish shades of violet. Toki Pona lacks the distinction between blue and green, linguists call this umbrella color term "grue". Other colors that can be described as laso include aquamarine, azure, cobalt, cyan, indigo, lime, mint, navy, olive, and teal.
tenpo lete la kasi li weka e lasoonatenpo lete la kasi li weka e laso ona.
In autumn, trees get rid of their greenness.
pu
In the "Official Toki Pona Dictionary" section, the book Toki Pona: The Language of Good defines laso as:
ADJECTIVE blue, green
ku
For Toki Pona Dictionary, respondents in ma pona pi toki pona translated these English words as laso:[2]
blue5, teal4, green3
sitelen pona
The sitelen pona glyph for laso () is derived from the glyph for kasi and a triangle radical, representing the green color of plants.
References
- ↑ "Word Origins". tokipona.org. Archived from the original on 8 August 2002.
- ↑ Lang, Sonja. (18 July 2021). Toki Pona Dictionary. Illustrated by Vacon Sartirani. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292362. p. 261.