sike
sike is a core content word relating to round things.
Pronunciation | /ˈsi |
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Usage | 2023: Core (100% ↗︎ )2022: Core (99%) |
Book and era | nimi pu |
Part of speech | Content word |
Codepoint | U+F195C |
Etymology Edit
The word sike is derived from English circle,[1] possibly as a spelling pronunciation.
Semantic space Edit
The semantic space of sike includes round, cyclical, and smooth[2] 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 ponasike tu li pona.[3]
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 Edit
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
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
The sitelen pona glyph for sike () represents two concentric circles, as to distinguish it from ijo.
sitelen sitelen Edit
The sitelen sitelen glyph for sike (sike) depicts a ball with a shine on the top-right.
References Edit
- ↑ Word Origins. Archived from the original on 2 November 2019. Toki Pona.
- ↑ 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
- "sike" on lipu Linku
- "sike" on lipu Wikipesija
- "sike" on English Wiktionary