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==Semantic space==
==Semantic space==
The [[semantic space]] of {{tp|lupa}} includes both {{w|through hole}}s (with two entrances, like a passage) and {{w|blind hole}}s (with one entrance, like a pit).<ref name="cite lipamanka">{{cite lipamanka}}</ref> This includes orifices in the body, although the [[Body parts|mouth]] is usually referred to as {{tp|[[uta]]}} instead.
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The [[semantic space]] of {{tp|lupa}} includes holes and orifices. It includes windows and doors, or especially, the doorway, as well as portals, passageways, and tunnels.
{{tp|lupa}} can refer to windows and doors.<ref>{{cite pu|56&ndash;57, 128}}</ref> Even though these are solid, they let certain things pass through them. This sense can be extended to frame something as a gateway or passageway, such as a hyperlink or a science fiction portal.<ref name="cite lipamanka" />

According to {{tok|[[lipamanka]]}}, {{tp|lupa}} describes a space in an object that is made of a different material (including air or a vacuum), which lets something pass through it that the surrounding material cannot. One of their examples is metal that conducts sound through insulated rubber tubing.<ref>{{cite web |url=//lipamanka.gay/essays/lupa |title=Ramblings about {{tok|lupa}} |author={{tok|[[lipamanka]]}} |date=20 Feb 2023 |website=lipamanka.gay |access-date=2024-05-16}}</ref>


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Revision as of 06:27, 17 May 2024

lupa in sitelen pona
lupa in sitelen sitelen
Pronunciation /ˈlu.pa/
Usage 2023: Core (99% ↗︎ )2022: Core (98%)
Book and era nimi pu
Part of speech Content word
Codepoint 󱤯 U+F192F

lupa is a core content word relating to holes and orifices.

Etymology

The word lupa is derived from Lojban clupa, meaning "loop", itself from Chinese (pinyin: quān), English loop, Hindi पाश (pāś), and Arabic أنشوطة (ʔanšūṭa).[1]

Semantic space

The semantic space of lupa includes both through holes (with two entrances, like a passage) and blind holes (with one entrance, like a pit).[2] This includes orifices in the body, although the mouth is usually referred to as uta instead.

lupa can refer to windows and doors.[3] Even though these are solid, they let certain things pass through them. This sense can be extended to frame something as a gateway or passageway, such as a hyperlink or a science fiction portal.[2]

According to lipamanka, lupa describes a space in an object that is made of a different material (including air or a vacuum), which lets something pass through it that the surrounding material cannot. One of their examples is metal that conducts sound through insulated rubber tubing.[4]

pu

In the "Official Toki Pona Dictionary" section, the book Toki Pona: The Language of Good defines lupa as:

NOUN  door, hole, orifice, window

ku

For Toki Pona Dictionary, respondents in ma pona pi toki pona translated these English words as lupa:

hole5, door5, orifice4, pit4, window3, gate3, entrance2, opening2, gap2, dig2

sitelen pona

The sitelen pona glyph for lupa (󱤯) represents a cross section of a hole, and it is an upside down version of nena. It is normally drawn taller with clear vertical lines to avoid confusion with pona.

sitelen sitelen

The sitelen sitelen word glyph for lupa (lupa) seems to represent a round object with a hole in the middle, similar to a donut shape.

References

  1. "Word Origins". tokipona.org. Archived from the original on 8 August 2002.
  2. 2.0 2.1 lipamanka. "toki pona dictionary". lipamanka.gay.
  3. Lang, Sonja. (25 May 2014). Toki Pona: The Language of Good. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292300. OCLC 921253340. pp. 56–57, 128.
  4. lipamanka. (20 February 2023). "Ramblings about lupa". lipamanka.gay. Retrieved 16 May 2024.