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'''{{tp|len}}''' is {{a category}} [[content word]] relating to clothing, fabrics, and fabricscover.
==Etymology==
==Semantic space==
[[File:Lipu tenpo nanpa suno - lipu awen.png|250px|thumb|Usage of {{tp|len}} to mean "to cover" in an {{w|earthquake preparedness}} poster<ref>{{tok|kili Melon}} (2 July 2021). "{{tok|ma li tawa la jan o seme}}". In [https://liputenpo.org/lipu-tenpo-nanpa-suno/ {{tp|lipu tenpo nanpa suno}}] (in Toki Pona). {{tp|lipu tenpo}}.</ref>]]
The [[semantic space]] of {{tp|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 {{tp|len}} by all speakers.<ref name="soweli2023"/>
=={{tp|sitelen pona}}==
The {{tp|[[sitelen pona]]}} glyph for {{tp|len}} ({{UCSUR char|{{codepoint|len}}}}) represents a piece of fabric with a frayed or {{w|tassel}}ed edge.
=={{tp|sitelen sitelen}}==
==Related words==
The {{tp|[[sitelen sitelen]]}} word glyph for {{tp|len}} ({{ss|len}}) may depict one or two pieces of fabric with a {{w|running stitch}}.
{{Nonstandard}}
==={{tp|nele}}===
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'''{{tp|nele}}''' is a {{a category|nele}} [[content word]] and {{tp|[[nimi sin]]}} which functions as an [[antonym]] of {{tp|len}}. It relates to transparent objects and the act of uncovering, making something clear or without obstructions, both literally and figuratively. It was coined by {{tok|jan Emalan}} and {{tok|soweli Kina}} in 2021.<ref>{{cite Discord|url=https://discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/340307145373253642/871138303360008263|name={{tok|jan Emalan}}|channel={{tok|pali-musi}}|server={{tp|ma pona pi toki pona}}|access-date=2023-12-17|quote=Since {{tok|len}} is often used for something that literally or figuratively conceals something, then a nimi sin could be the opposite in that sense; something that can be literally seen through (like glass, a mesh, water, etc) or something that allows for knowledge to be spread where it may have been blocked before (like the figurative use of "transparency").}}</ref><ref>{{cite Discord|url=https://discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/340307145373253642/871139945870413924|name={{tok|soweli Kina}}|username=neonpixii|channel={{tok|pali-musi}}|server={{tp|ma pona pi toki pona}}|access-date=2023-12-17|quote=what if the word was just "{{tok|nele}}" or something. the opposite of {{tok|len}} in terms of its spelling}}</ref>
{{Example
|olin len li kama <mark>nele</mark>.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://janusawi.bandcamp.com/track/kule-mi|title={{tok|kule mi}}|website=Bandcamp|author={{tok|jan Usawi}}|date=2023-08-05|access-date=2023-12-17}}</ref>
|The hidden love becomes <mark>exposed</mark>.
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