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The [[semantic space]] of {{tp|pali}} includes {{w|Work (human activity)|work}} and activities, effort done to achieve something. It is commonly used to describe the act or instance of creating things, including activities{{w|job}}s, projects, jobs,and and{{w|creative work}}s.

|tomo <mark>pali</mark> la mi <mark>pali</mark> e pan.

|At my <mark>work</mark>place I <mark>make</mark> pastries.

|tomomi <mark>pali </mark>la mi<mark>pali</mark>e pan

===DriftSemantic drift from "do" sense===

In [[Historicalhistorical usage]]ly and in the book {{pu|lipuen}}, the word {{tp|pali}} was often used as a generic action verb meaning "to do". This has since become notably less popular, an instance of {{w|semantic drift}}. This drift is sometimes referred to as {{tp|pali}}n't.<ref name="palint">{{cite web|url=https://mun.la/sona/palint|title=palin’tpalin't|author={{tok|[[jan Kekan San]]}}|username=|date=|website=mun.la|publisher=|access-date=2024-01-21|quote=}}</ref> an instance of {{w|semantic drift}}.

|sina <mark>pali</mark> e seme?

|What're are you doing? (''obsolete usage; expressions like {{tp|sina seme?}} preferred'')<br />What are you working on? (surviving usage)<ref name="palint" />

Many speakers nownowadays prefer more direct constructions with a causative predicate.{{citation needed}}construction, Thisin maythe haveform motivated''X the{{tp|li}} Y {{tp|e}} changeZ''.

|ona li <mark>pali</mark> e ni: mi pona.

|They do this: I am good. (''obsolete usage'')

|ona li <mark>pali </mark> e nini2 :{{idsp}} mi pona

|They make me good. (''modern usage'')

The {{tp|[[sitelen pona]]}} glyph for {{tp|pali}} ({{UCSUR char|{{codepoint|pali}}}}) is derived from a [[circle radical|circle]] above a [[hand radical]], representing a generic action. These may be drawn either connected or separated. The glyph could possibly be confused with a [[stacked glyph]] for {{tp|luka ijo}}, however, {{tp|ijo}}that construction is unlikely to be a [[modifier]].