sike
Pronunciation | /ˈsi |
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Usage | 2024: Core (100% → )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[edit | edit source]
The word sike is derived from English circle,[1] possibly as a spelling pronunciation.
Semantic space[edit | edit source]
The semantic space of sike includes round, cyclical, and smooth[2] things. They may be concrete or abstract.
Concrete examples of sike include the ball, a round object used in sports or otherwise; the wheel, which rotates around an axle, often used for transport; the discus; and so on.
sike tu li ponasike tu li pona.[3]
Two-wheels [bicycles] are good.
Abstract examples include geometric shapes that are round in some sense or dimension, such as circles, spheres, cylinders, ovals, spirals, and many-sided polygons that approximate these other shapes.
Cycles[edit | edit source]
sike also include cycles as in repeating events and processes.
pona en ike li kama li tawa lon sikepona en ike li kama li tawa lon sike.
Good and bad come and go in a cycle.
The prototypical example of a cycle is the year and things that happen yearly. The definition of sike has included the sense of "year" since 2001 and in pu, and so it may sometimes refer to this unit of time even without using tenpo ("time") to specify. On a broader scale, sike might refer to the notional wheel of time where it is said that history repeats itself.
pu[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
For Toki Pona Dictionary, respondents in ma pona pi toki pona translated these English words as sike:[4]
round5, spin2 , ring2 , surround2 , curve2 , rolling2 , spot2 , orbit2 , twist2 , roll1, circle5 , sphere5 , ball4 , loop4 , cycle4 , wheel4 , disc3 , globe3 , circuit3
sitelen pona[edit | edit source]
The sitelen pona glyph for sike () represents two concentric circles, as to distinguish it from ijo.
sitelen sitelen[edit | edit source]
The sitelen sitelen glyph for sike (sike) depicts a ball with a shine on the top-right.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Word Origins". tokipona.org. Archived from the original on 8 August 2002.
- ↑ lipamanka. "toki pona dictionary". lipamanka.gay.
- ↑ Paul Goguen. (8 June 2020). "Paul Goguen - sike tu li pona" (in Toki Pona). Sex [@sex2631]. YouTube. Retrieved 27 March 2024. See sike tu li pona.
- ↑ Lang, Sonja. (18 July 2021). Toki Pona Dictionary. Illustrated by Vacon Sartirani. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292362. p. 340.
Further reading[edit | edit source]
- "sike" on lipu Linku
- "sike" on lipu Wikipesija
- "sike" on English Wiktionary