sike
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 |
sike is a core content word relating to round things.
Etymology
The word sike is derived from English circle.[1]
Semantic space
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.
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:[4]
round5, spin2 , ring2 , surround2 , curve2 , rolling2 , spot2 , orbit2 , twist2 , roll1, circle5 , sphere5 , ball4 , loop4 , cycle4 , wheel4 , disc3 , globe3 , circuit3
sitelen pona
The sitelen pona glyph for sike () represents two concentric circles, as to distinguish it from ijo.
sitelen sitelen
References
- ↑ "Word Origins". tokipona.org. Archived from the original on 8 August 2002.
- ↑ lipamanka. "toki pona dictionary". lipamanka.gay.
- ↑ Sex (8 June 2020). Paul Goguen - sike tu li pona. YouTube. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
- ↑ Lang, Sonja. (18 July 2021). Toki Pona Dictionary. Illustrated by Vacon Sartirani. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292362. p. 340.
Further reading
- "sike" on lipu Linku
- "sike" on lipu Wikipesija
- "sike" on English Wiktionary