sona
sona is a core content word and preverb relating to knowledge.
Pronunciation | /ˈso |
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Usage | 2023: Core (100% → )2022: Core (100%) |
Book and era | nimi pu |
Part of speech | Preverb, content word |
Codepoint | U+F1961 |
Etymology
The word sona is derived from Georgian ცოდნა (codna), meaning "knowledge".[1]
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.[2]
sona li wawasona li wawa.
Knowledge is power.
sina ken kama sona e alesina 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 mokumi 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:[3]
information5, intelligence2 , smart2 , sure2 , experienced2 , insight2 , educational2 , identify2 , remember2 , conscious2 , clever2 , cognitive2 , logical2 , familiar2 , logic2 , acknowledge2 , skill2, know5 , knowledge5 , understand5 , understanding5 , aware5 , info4 , wisdom4 , awareness4 , known4 , data3 , wise3 , recognition3 , recognize3 , expertise3
sitelen pona
The sitelen pona glyph for sona () is derived from the box radical with emitters above, representing a book emitting knowledge.
sitelen sitelen
References
- ↑ "Word Origins". tokipona.org. Archived from the original on 8 August 2002.
- ↑ lipamanka. "toki pona dictionary". lipamanka.gay.
- ↑ Lang, Sonja. (18 July 2021). Toki Pona Dictionary. Illustrated by Vacon Sartirani. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292362. pp. 345–346.
Further reading
- "sona" on lipu Linku
- "sona" on lipu Wikipesija
- "sona" on English Wiktionary