len
Pronunciation | /len/ 🔊 🔊 |
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Usage | 2023: Core (99% → )2022: Core (99%) |
Book and era | nimi pu |
Part of speech | Content word |
Codepoint | U+F1925 |
len is a core content word relating to clothing, fabrics, and cover.
Etymology[edit | edit source]
The word len is derived from Acadian French linge, meaning "clothing".[1]
Semantic space[edit | edit source]
The semantic space of len includes clothing and fabrics. By extension, it refers to covering, layers to privacy, and hiding. Other pieces of body adornment, such as jewelry, are not considered part of the semantic space of len by all speakers.[3]
pu[edit | edit source]
In the "Official Toki Pona Dictionary" section, the book Toki Pona: The Language of Good defines len as:
NOUN cloth, clothing, fabric, textile; cover, layer of privacy
ku[edit | edit source]
For Toki Pona Dictionary, respondents in ma pona pi toki pona translated these English words as len:[4]
clothing5, t-shirt2 , hide2 , blanket2 , cotton2 , private2 , wrap2 , costume2 , silk2 , suit (n)2 , hidden2 , underwear2 , canvas2 , coverage2 , flag2, cloth5 , clothes5 , fabric5 , outfit4 , privacy4 , cover4 , dress3 , jacket3 , wear3 , shirt3
sitelen pona[edit | edit source]
The sitelen pona glyph for len () represents a piece of fabric with a frayed or tasseled edge.
sitelen sitelen[edit | edit source]
The sitelen sitelen word glyph for len (len) may depict one or two pieces of fabric with a running stitch.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Word Origins. Archived from the original on 2 November 2019. Toki Pona.
- ↑ kili Melon (2 July 2021). "ma li tawa la jan o seme". In lipu tenpo nanpa suno (in Toki Pona). lipu tenpo.
- ↑ soweli walo pi puwa sewi [@fennaixelphox]. (28 April 2023). [Informal poll posted in the
#sona-kulupu
channel in the ma pona pi toki pona Discord server]. Discord. "Is jewelry a len". Data retrieved 26 October 2023.Is jewelry considered part of the semantic space of len? Option Votes Yes 19 No 33 Maybe 24 - ↑ Lang, Sonja. (18 July 2021). Toki Pona Dictionary. Illustrated by Vacon Sartirani. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292362. p. 263.
Further reading[edit | edit source]
- "len" on lipu Linku
- "len" on lipu Wikipesija
- "len" on English Wiktionary