palisa
Pronunciation | /ˈpa |
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Usage | 2024: Core (100% ↗︎ )2023: Core (99% → )2022: Core (99%) |
Book and era | nimi pu |
Part of speech | Content word |
Codepoint | U+F194A |
palisa is a core content word relating to long, inflexible objects similar to sticks.
Etymology[edit | edit source]
The word palisa is derived from Serbo-Croatian pȁlica (/pâlit͡sa/, "bat, rod, cane").[1]
Semantic space[edit | edit source]
The semantic space of palisa includes objects that are long and hard or inflexible, such as sticks, rods, and branches.
musi ni la o weka wawa e sike kepeken palisamusi ni la o weka wawa e sike kepeken palisa.
In this game, hit the ball away using a bat.
pu[edit | edit source]
In the "Official Toki Pona Dictionary" section, the book Toki Pona: The Language of Good defines palisa as:
NOUN long hard thing; branch, rod, stick
ku[edit | edit source]
For Toki Pona Dictionary, respondents in ma pona pi toki pona translated these English words as palisa:[2]
stick5, straight2 , bar2 , stem1 , beam1, rod5 , stake4 , pole4 , branch3 , staff3
sitelen pona[edit | edit source]
The sitelen pona glyph for palisa () represents a long rigid object, rounded and vertically oriented.
sitelen sitelen[edit | edit source]
The sitelen sitelen glyph for palisa (palisa) is uncertain. It may be derived from the syllable glyph pa (PA) without the dots, and deformed into a triangular shape with two elongated parts.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Word Origins". tokipona.org. Archived from the original on 8 August 2002.
- ↑ Lang, Sonja. (18 July 2021). Toki Pona Dictionary. Illustrated by Vacon Sartirani. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292362. p. 312.
Further reading[edit | edit source]
- "palisa" on lipu Linku
- "palisa" on lipu Wikipesija
- "palisa" on English Wiktionary