slape
| Pronunciation | /ˈsla.pe/ |
|---|---|
| Usage | 2024: N/A This word has not been surveyed for. Most speakers likely don't understand it.2023: Obscure (2% ↗︎ )2022: Obscure (1%)
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| Book and era | No book (post-pu) |
| Part of speech | Content word |
slape is a humorous synonym of lape. It breaks Toki Pona's phonotactics with the consonant cluster sl-.
Etymology[edit | edit source]
The word was coined by jan Kawa in 2017 and is a blend of the Toki Pona word lape and English sleep.[1]
sitelen pona[edit | edit source]
The word slape is not often used in sitelen pona. A proposed glyph (slape)[by whom? when?] combines that of lape (lape) with the Latin letter S. In practice, it is unknown whether this glyph sees significant use.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ jan Kawa [@j.kawa]. (25 June 2017). Message in
#toki-pona. ma pona pi toki pona. Discord. "Slape li ike".