lupa
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| Pronunciation | /ˈlu |
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| 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[edit | edit source]
The word lupa is derived from Lojban clupa, meaning "loop", itself from Chinese 圈 (pinyin: quān), English loop, Hindi पाश (pāś), and Arabic أنشوطة (ʔanšūṭa).[1]
Semantic space[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
In the "Official Toki Pona Dictionary" section, the book Toki Pona: The Language of Good defines lupa as:
NOUN door, hole, orifice, window
ku[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Word Origins". tokipona.org. Archived from the original on 8 August 2002.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 lipamanka. "toki pona dictionary". lipamanka.gay.
- ↑ Lang, Sonja. (25 May 2014). Toki Pona: The Language of Good. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292300. OCLC 921253340. pp. 56–57, 128.
- ↑ lipamanka. (20 February 2023). "Ramblings about lupa". lipamanka.gay. Retrieved 16 May 2024.