sike

sike
Group of table tennis balls
Pronunciation	/ˈsi.ke/ 🔊 🔊
Usage	2023: Core (100% ↗︎ )2022: Core (99%)
Book and era	nimi pu
Part of speech	Content word
Codepoint	󱥜 U+F195C

sike is a core content word relating to round things.

Etymology

The word sike is derived from English circle, possibly as a spelling pronunciation.

Semantic space

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The semantic space of sike includes round, cyclical, and smooth things. Round sike may be concrete objects, such as balls, wheels, and discuses, or abstract shapes, such as circles, spheres, ovals, spirals, and many-sided polygons.

sike tu li pona

sike tu li pona.

Two wheels [bicycles] are good.

sike also include cycles as in repeating events. The foremost example is the year, which sike may sometimes refer to, even without further specification of time.

pu

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

NOUN  round or circular thing; ball, circle, cycle, sphere, wheel
ADJECTIVE  of one year

ku

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

round⁵81–100% of respondents, circle⁵81–100% of respondents, sphere⁵81–100% of respondents, ball⁴61–80% of respondents, loop⁴61–80% of respondents, cycle⁴61–80% of respondents, wheel⁴61–80% of respondents, disc³41–60% of respondents, globe³41–60% of respondents, circuit³41–60% of respondents, spin²21–40% of respondents, ring²21–40% of respondents, surround²21–40% of respondents, curve²21–40% of respondents, rolling²21–40% of respondents, spot²21–40% of respondents, orbit²21–40% of respondents, twist²21–40% of respondents, roll¹11–20% of respondents

sitelen pona

The sitelen pona glyph for sike (󱥜) represents two concentric circles, as to distinguish it from ijo.

sitelen sitelen

The sitelen sitelen glyph for sike (sikesike) depicts a ball with a shine on the top-right.

Further reading

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