sama

sama is a core preposition and content word. It is used to make comparisons.

sama
Pronunciation	/ˈsa.ma/
Usage	2023: Core (99% → )2022: Core (99%)
Book and era	nimi pu
Part of speech	Preposition, content word
Codepoint	󱥖 U+F1956

Etymology

The word sama is derived from Finnish sama, meaning "same", and Esperanto sama, itself from English same.

Semantic space

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The semantic space of sama includes similarity, thus describing things with qualities in common, and equivalence.

Phrases including sama are generally used to describe siblings, a usage that may descend from the deprecation of the early word pata in 2002.

Preposition

When used as a preposition, sama indicates that the preceding phrase is like the prepositional phrase.

jan [sijelo insa telo awen toki ale] li sama waso alasa.

jan Sitata li sama waso alasa.

Siddhartha is like a falcon.

pu

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

ADJECTIVE  same, similar; each other; sibling, peer, fellow
PREPOSITION  as, like

ku

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

alike⁵81–100% of respondents, equal⁵81–100% of respondents, similar⁵81–100% of respondents, equivalent⁵81–100% of respondents, as⁴61–80% of respondents, similarly⁴61–80% of respondents, equality³41–60% of respondents, equally³41–60% of respondents, like³41–60% of respondents, identical³41–60% of respondents, likewise²21–40% of respondents, related²21–40% of respondents, relation²21–40% of respondents, constant²21–40% of respondents, associated²21–40% of respondents, relate²21–40% of respondents, seem²21–40% of respondents, even²21–40% of respondents, copy²21–40% of respondents, mutual²21–40% of respondents, equity²21–40% of respondents, resemble²21–40% of respondents, fellow²21–40% of respondents

sitelen pona

The sitelen pona glyph for sama (󱥖) represents the equals sign (=).

sitelen sitelen

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Further reading

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