pilin

pilin
Pronunciation	/ˈpi.lin/
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.

Semantic space

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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:

feeling⁵81–100% of respondents, emotion⁵81–100% of respondents, feel⁵81–100% of respondents, sentiment⁵81–100% of respondents, mood⁴61–80% of respondents, emotionally⁴61–80% of respondents, heart⁴61–80% of respondents, sense⁴61–80% of respondents, attitude⁴61–80% of respondents, emotional⁴61–80% of respondents, opinion³41–60% of respondents, notion³41–60% of respondents, assume³41–60% of respondents, impression³41–60% of respondents, hypothesis³41–60% of respondents, perceive³41–60% of respondents, deem³41–60% of respondents, thinking²21–40% of respondents, believe²21–40% of respondents, assumption²21–40% of respondents, thought²21–40% of respondents, speculation²21–40% of respondents, conscience²21–40% of respondents, suppose²21–40% of respondents, experience²21–40% of respondents, stimulus²21–40% of respondents, reaction²21–40% of respondents, suspicion²21–40% of respondents, belief²21–40% of respondents, perception²21–40% of respondents, touch²21–40% of respondents, idea²21–40% of respondents, estimated²21–40% of respondents, consider²21–40% of respondents, outlook²21–40% of respondents, think²21–40% of respondents, mentally²21–40% of respondents

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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Further reading

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