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(Created page with "{{Needs work|massage the wording; tentacles; do we want {{tp|pu}} definitions everywhere?}} {{nimi |image= |PoS=number }} '''{{tp|luka}}''' is a content word related to hands and arms. It can also stand for the number 5 in a number phrase. ==Semantic space== The semantic space of {{tp|luka}} includes arms and hands (like how {{tp|noka}} refers to both legs and feet). As a verb, it can refer to the act of touching something with a {{tp|luka}}.{{ci...") |
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'''{{tp|luka}}''' is a [[content word]]
==Semantic space==
The [[semantic space]] of {{tp|luka}} includes
As a number, it stands for 5, the amount of fingers on a human hand. In the early days of Toki Pona, it was the highest-value number word, before {{tp|[[mute]]}} and {{tp|[[ale]]}} acquired that status. This led to the creation of the [[Idioms|idiom]] {{tp|jo e luka mute}}, meaning "to be complicated", as big numbers would have many repetitions of the word {{tp|luka}}.<ref>{{tok|[[jan Sonja]]}} (21 May 2002). "[http://forums.tokipona.org/viewtopic.php?p=54 Compounds]". ''Toki Pona Forums''. Retrieved 12 October 2023.</ref><ref>{{tok|[[jan Sonja]]}} (@sonjalang) (16 November 2022). [https://discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/375591429608570881/1042502204403228702 Messages on the <code>#{{tok|sona-musi}}</code> channel in the {{tp|ma pona pi toki pona}} Discord server]. ''Discord''. Retrieved 12 October 2023.</ref>
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