linja
linja is a core content word relating to long and flexible objects.
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Pronunciation | /ˈlin |
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Usage | 2023: Core (99% → )2022: Core (99%) |
Book and era | nimi pu |
Part of speech | Content word |
Codepoint | U+F1929 |
Etymology
The word linja is derived from Finnish linja, meaning "line", ultimately from Latin līnea.[1]
Semantic space
The semantic space of linja includes long and flexible objects, resembling a line, such as string, rope, hair, and fiber.
mi pali e len tan linjami pali e len tan linja.
I am making cloth from yarn.
linja lawa mi li sulilinja lawa mi li suli.
My hair on my head is long.
In their dictionary, linguist lipamanka argues the semantic space of linja concretely includes objects which may be tied into a knot, as it implied flexibility.[2]
By analogy, it may also refer to a sequence or chain of objects. In common usage, it is also used to describe sitelen pona typefaces.
pu
In the "Official Toki Pona Dictionary" section, the book Toki Pona: The Language of Good defines linja as:
NOUN long and flexible thing; cord, hair, rope, thread, yarn
ku
For Toki Pona Dictionary, respondents in ma pona pi toki pona translated these English words as linja:[3]
line5, connection2 , ray2 , streak2 , row2 , wire2 , hair2 , sequence2 , chain2 , connect2 , straight2, string5 , cord5 , rope5 , thread4 , fibre3 , cable3 , link3
sitelen pona
The sitelen pona glyph for linja () is a wavy line, similar to the tilde or swung dash.
sitelen sitelen
The sitelen sitelen glyph for linja (linja) depicts a piece of string rolled up into itself.
References
- ↑ "Word Origins". tokipona.org. Archived from the original on 8 August 2002.
- ↑ lipamanka. "toki pona dictionary". lipamanka.gay.
- ↑ Lang, Sonja. (18 July 2021). Toki Pona Dictionary. Illustrated by Vacon Sartirani. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292362. p. 266.
Further reading
- "linja" on lipu Linku
- "linja" on lipu Wikipesija
- "linja" on English Wiktionary