moku
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Pronunciation | /ˈmo |
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Usage | 2023: Core (100% → )2022: Core (100%) |
Book and era | nimi pu |
Part of speech | Content word |
Codepoint | U+F1936 |
moku is a core content word relating to consumption.
Etymology
The word moku is derived from Japanese モグモグ (mogumogu), meaning "chewing".[1]
Semantic space
The semantic space of moku includes consumption, such as eating or drinking, as well as other routes of administration.[2][3] It also includes food, substances fit for consumption.
pu
In the "Official Toki Pona Dictionary" section, the book Toki Pona: The Language of Good defines moku as:
VERB to eat, drink, consume, swallow, ingest
ku
For Toki Pona Dictionary, respondents in ma pona pi toki pona translated these English words as moku:
food5, absorb2 , drink2 , lunch2, eat5 , eating5 , consume5 , dining5 , meal5 , consumption5 , swallow4 , dinner3 , nutrition3 , drinking3 , chew3 , groceries3
sitelen pona
The sitelen pona glyph for moku is derived from the mouth and hand radicals.
References
- ↑ "Word Origins". tokipona.org. Archived from the original on 8 August 2002.
- ↑ laso Alison [@withonel]. (3 January 2023). [Informal poll posted in the
#sona-kulupu
channel in the ma pona pi toki pona Discord server]. Discord. "A nurse gives medicine to another person by intravenous route. Does the second person moku the medicine?".Are injections (given by a different person) included in the semantic space of moku? Option Votes Yes 48 No 32 - ↑ laso Alison [@withonel]. (3 January 2023). [Informal poll posted in the
#sona-kulupu
channel in the ma pona pi toki pona Discord server]. Discord. "If I give myself an injection, do I moku?".Are injections (given by oneself) included in the semantic space of moku? Option Votes Yes 52 No 24