pana

pana
Pronunciation	/ˈpa.na/ 🔊 🔊
Usage	2023: Core (100% ↗︎ )2022: Core (99%)
Book and era	nimi pu
Part of speech	Content word
Codepoint	󱥌 U+F194C

pana is a core content word relating to giving and emitting.

Etymology

The etymology of the word pana is unclear. Possibilities include Finnish panna, meaning "to put, to set", and Swahili pana "to give to each other".

Semantic space

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The semantic space of pana includes an act of giving or emitting. lipamanka describes pana more broadly as "acts that set objects in motion".

tomo pali li pana e kon seli ike

tomo pali li pana e kon seli ike.

The factory is emitting greenhouse gases.

pana can also refer to that which is given off.

pana len li lon anpa kasi

pana len li lon anpa kasi.

Wrapped gifts are under the tree.

pu

In the "Official Toki Pona Dictionary" section, the book Toki Pona: The Language of Good defines pana as:

VERB  to give, send, emit, provide, put, release

ku

For Toki Pona Dictionary, respondents in ma pona pi toki pona translated these English words as pana:

give⁵81–100% of respondents, put⁵81–100% of respondents, deliver⁵81–100% of respondents, grant⁵81–100% of respondents, delivery⁵81–100% of respondents, send⁴61–80% of respondents, submit⁴61–80% of respondents, provide⁴61–80% of respondents, transfer⁴61–80% of respondents, distribute⁴61–80% of respondents, distribution³41–60% of respondents, donate³41–60% of respondents, appoint³41–60% of respondents, contribute³41–60% of respondents, output³41–60% of respondents, given³41–60% of respondents, publishing³41–60% of respondents, yield³41–60% of respondents, share³41–60% of respondents, offering³41–60% of respondents, assign³41–60% of respondents, deploy³41–60% of respondents, deposit³41–60% of respondents, convey³41–60% of respondents, offer²21–40% of respondents, input²21–40% of respondents, emission²21–40% of respondents, lend²21–40% of respondents, supply²21–40% of respondents, release²21–40% of respondents, pour²21–40% of respondents, publish²21–40% of respondents, provision²21–40% of respondents, gift²21–40% of respondents, export²21–40% of respondents, shared²21–40% of respondents, serve²21–40% of respondents, spend²21–40% of respondents, spread²21–40% of respondents, attach²21–40% of respondents, administer²21–40% of respondents, devote²21–40% of respondents, serving²21–40% of respondents, donation²21–40% of respondents, contribution²21–40% of respondents, added²21–40% of respondents, post²21–40% of respondents, toss²21–40% of respondents, apply²21–40% of respondents, transmission²21–40% of respondents, present²21–40% of respondents, bring²21–40% of respondents, add²21–40% of respondents, install²21–40% of respondents, show²21–40% of respondents, introduce²21–40% of respondents, dedicate²21–40% of respondents, exhibit²21–40% of respondents, insert²21–40% of respondents

sitelen pona

The sitelen pona glyph for pana (󱥌) is derived from the hand radical (luka) and emitters.

sitelen sitelen

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Further reading

• "pana" on lipu Linku
• "pana" on lipu Wikipesija
• "pana" on English Wiktionary