sona

sona
African woman teaching the alphabet to young children
Pronunciation	/ˈso.na/
Usage	2023: Core (100% → )2022: Core (100%)
Book and era	nimi pu
Part of speech	Preverb, content word
Codepoint	󱥡 U+F1961

sona is a core content word and preverb relating to knowledge.

Etymology

The word sona is derived from Georgian ცოდნა (codna), meaning "knowledge".

Semantic space

The semantic space of sona includes all types of knowledge, such as intelligence, wisdom, and skills, as well as sources of knowledge, such as perception, inference, intuition, and memory. It includes the quality of having said types of knowledge.

sona li wawa

sona li wawa.

Knowledge is power.

sina ken kama sona e ale

sina ken kama sona e ale.

You can learn (come to know) everything.

Preverb

When used as a preverb, it refers to knowing how to do something or how to achieve a goal. This usage is defined in the book Toki Pona: The Language of Good.

mi sona seli e moku

mi sona seli e moku.

I know how to cook.

pu

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

VERB  to know, be skilled in, be wise about, have information on
PRE-VERB  to know how to

ku

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

information⁵81–100% of respondents, know⁵81–100% of respondents, knowledge⁵81–100% of respondents, understand⁵81–100% of respondents, understanding⁵81–100% of respondents, aware⁵81–100% of respondents, info⁴61–80% of respondents, wisdom⁴61–80% of respondents, awareness⁴61–80% of respondents, known⁴61–80% of respondents, data³41–60% of respondents, wise³41–60% of respondents, recognition³41–60% of respondents, recognize³41–60% of respondents, expertise³41–60% of respondents, intelligence²21–40% of respondents, smart²21–40% of respondents, sure²21–40% of respondents, experienced²21–40% of respondents, insight²21–40% of respondents, educational²21–40% of respondents, identify²21–40% of respondents, remember²21–40% of respondents, conscious²21–40% of respondents, clever²21–40% of respondents, cognitive²21–40% of respondents, logical²21–40% of respondents, familiar²21–40% of respondents, logic²21–40% of respondents, acknowledge²21–40% of respondents, skill²21–40% of respondents

sitelen pona

The sitelen pona glyph for sona (󱥡) is derived from the box radical with emitters above, representing a book emitting knowledge.

sitelen sitelen

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Further reading

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