pali: Difference between revisions

|PoS=content word

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

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

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

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

[[Historical]]ly and in {{pu|lipu}}, {{tp|pali}} was often used as a generic verb meaning "to do". This has since become notably less popular,<ref name="palint">{{cite web|url=//mun.la/sona/palint|title=palin’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}}.

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

Many speakers now prefer more direct constructions with a causative predicate.{{citation needed}} This may have motivated the change.

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

|ona li pali e ni : 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}} is unlikely to be a [[modifier]].