pilin
Pronunciation | /ˈpi |
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Usage | 2023: Core (100% → )2022: Core (100%) |
Book and era | nimi pu |
Part of speech | Content word |
Codepoint | U+F194E |
pilin is a core content word relating to feelings and the heart.
Etymology
The word pilin is derived from Tok Pisin pilim, meaning "to feel", from English feel and the transitivizer suffix -im.[1]
Semantic space
The semantic space of pilin includes feelings, as in emotions or the sense of touch, as well as the heart, anatomically or figuratively.
pu
In the "Official Toki Pona Dictionary" section, the book Toki Pona: The Language of Good defines pilin as:
NOUN heart (physical or emotional)
ADJECTIVE feeling (an emotion, a direct experience)
ku
For Toki Pona Dictionary, respondents in ma pona pi toki pona translated these English words as pilin:[2]
feeling5, thinking2 , believe2 , assumption2 , thought2 , speculation2 , conscience2 , suppose2 , experience2 , stimulus2 , reaction2 , suspicion2 , belief2 , perception2 , touch2 , idea2 , estimated2 , consider2 , outlook2 , think2 , mentally2, emotion5 , feel5 , sentiment5 , mood4 , emotionally4 , heart4 , sense4 , attitude4 , emotional4 , opinion3 , notion3 , assume3 , impression3 , hypothesis3 , perceive3 , deem3
sitelen pona
The sitelen pona glyph for pilin () is derived from the heart symbol (❤︎), which is often used to represent passionate feelings, as well as to stand in for the complicated shape of the anatomical heart. The glyph for olin is derived from it via reduplication, as two stacked heart radicals.
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References
- ↑ "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. pp. 323–324.
Further reading
- "pilin" on lipu Linku
- "pilin" on lipu Wikipesija
- "pilin" on English Wiktionary