pali
pali is a core content word relating to work and activities.
Pronunciation | /ˈpa |
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Usage | 2023: Core (100% ↗︎ )2022: Core (99%) |
Book and era | nimi pu |
Part of speech | Content word |
Codepoint | U+F1949 |
Etymology
The word pali is derived from Esperanto fari, meaning "to do, to make".[1]
Semantic space
The semantic space of 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.
tomopalila mipalie pantomo pali la mi pali e pan.
At my workplace I make pastries.
Drift from "do" sense
Historically and in lipu pu, pali was often used as a generic verb meaning "to do". This has since become notably less popular,[2] an instance of semantic drift.
sina pali e seme?sina pali e seme?
What're you doing? (obsolete usage; expressions like sina seme? preferred)
What are you working on? (surviving usage)[2]
Many speakers now prefer more direct constructions with a causative predicate.[citation needed] This may have motivated the change.
ona li pali e ni : mi ponaona li pali e ni: mi pona.
They do this: I am good. (obsolete usage)
ona li pona e miona li pona e mi.
They make me good. (modern usage)
pu
In the "Official Toki Pona Dictionary" section, the book Toki Pona: The Language of Good defines pali as:
VERB to do, take action on, work on; build, make, prepare
ku
For Toki Pona Dictionary, respondents in ma pona pi toki pona translated these English words as pali:[3]
work5, actively2 , employment2 , practice2 , development2 , execution2 , invent2 , industry2 , role2 , procedure2 , functional2 , construction2 , achieve2 , prepare2 , interact2 , undergo2 , accomplishment2 , undertake2 , busy2 , behavioural2 , productive2 , industrial2 , plan2 , participation2 , manipulate2, do5 , construct5 , make5 , produce5 , activity5 , job5 , build5 , production5 , labour5 , working5 , action5 , task5 , create5 , function5 , occupation5 , operating4 , project4 , execute4 , craft4 , manufacturing4 , develop3 , generate3 , compose3 , assemble3 , act3 , profession3 , assignment3 , commit3 , perform3 , enact3 , operation3 , creation3 , effort3 , service3 , accomplish3 , implement3 , operate3 , implementation3 , behaviour3 , processing3 , behave3 , career3
sitelen pona
The sitelen pona glyph for pali () is derived from a 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 luka ijo, however, ijo is unlikely to be a modifier.
References
- ↑ "Word Origins". tokipona.org. Archived from the original on 8 August 2002.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 jan Kekan San. "palin’t". mun.la. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ↑ Lang, Sonja. (18 July 2021). Toki Pona Dictionary. Illustrated by Vacon Sartirani. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292362. pp. 307–308.
Further reading
- "pali" on lipu Linku
- "pali" on lipu Wikipesija
- "pali" on English Wiktionary