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'''{{tp|poka}}''' is {{a category}} [[content word]], used as a [[spatial word]], relating to something physically on the side. |
'''{{tp|poka}}''' is {{a category}} [[content word]], used as a [[spatial word]], relating to something physically on the side. |
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Revision as of 22:32, 13 January 2024
Pronunciation | /ˈpo |
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Usage | 2023: Core (99% ↗︎ )2022: Core (98%) |
Book and era | nimi pu |
Part of speech | Content word |
Codepoint | U+F1952 |
Part of a series on |
Front view |
Side view |
Left and right · noka vs. anpa |
poka is a core content word, used as a spatial word, relating to something physically on the side.
Etymology
The word poka is derived from Croatian bok, meaning "side, flank".[1]
Semantic space
The semantic space of poka includes the sides and vicinity of something. In relation to the human body, it usually refers to the hips.
When used as a spatial word, poka includes things that are physically beside or surrounding (but not enclosing) something, and is extended to refer to anything nearby. This sense is an antonym to weka, which describes the far-removed.
pu
In the "Official Toki Pona Dictionary" section, the book Toki Pona: The Language of Good defines poka as:
NOUN hip, side; next to, nearby, vicinity
ku
For Toki Pona Dictionary, respondents in ma pona pi toki pona translated these English words as poka:[2]
side5, closely2 , left (not right)2 , sidebar2 , alongside2, hip4 , beside3 , aside3
sitelen pona
The sitelen pona glyph for poka () is derived from the open box radical with a location dot placed besides it. Compare the glyphs for anpa, insa, monsi, sinpin, as well as the secular version of sewi.
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. p. 330.
Further reading
- "poka" on lipu Linku
- "poka" on lipu Wikipesija
- "poka" on English Wiktionary