tomo

tomo
Pronunciation	/ˈto.mo/ 🔊 🔊
Usage	2023: Core (100% → )2022: Core (100%)
Book and era	nimi pu
Part of speech	Content word
Codepoint	󱥭 U+F196D

tomo is a core content word describing buildings and indoor spaces.

Etymology

The word tomo is derived from Esperanto domo, meaning "house". It is cognate with English words such as dome, domicile, and dorm(itory).

Semantic space

The semantic space of tomo includes buildings, houses, and indoor spaces, such as rooms. As a modifier, tomo is used to specify indoor and household versions of things.

mi lon tomo mi

mi lon tomo mi.

I am at my home.

Modifiers may be used to specify the purpose or contents of the said buliding or room. For example, tomo lape ("sleep room") may be a bedroom or hotel. tomo telo ("wet room") may be a washroom, ship, or pub. tomo tawa ("moving room") may be a closed vehicle or elevator. Note that these phrases lack a fixed meaning; these are just a few possibilities.

The semantic spaces of tomo and poki ("container") notably overlap. In their dictionary, lipamanka argues that tomo frames its inhabitants as living beings. Referring to an object as tomo ascribes life to the objects inside.

pu

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

NOUN  indoor space; building, home, house, room

ku

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

building⁵81–100% of respondents, house⁵81–100% of respondents, housing⁵81–100% of respondents, chamber⁵81–100% of respondents, home⁵81–100% of respondents, room⁵81–100% of respondents, shelter⁴61–80% of respondents, residence⁴61–80% of respondents, suite³41–60% of respondents, domestic³41–60% of respondents, structural³41–60% of respondents, structure³41–60% of respondents, facility³41–60% of respondents, residential³41–60% of respondents, establishment³41–60% of respondents, household³41–60% of respondents, cabin³41–60% of respondents, apartment³41–60% of respondents, station²21–40% of respondents, hall²21–40% of respondents, venue²21–40% of respondents, institute²21–40% of respondents, construction²21–40% of respondents

sitelen pona

The sitelen pona glyph for tomo (󱥭) represents a generic square house with a pointed roof. It is typically the same pentagonal shape as a home plate, alternatively stylized with the roof strokes overhanging slightly.

sitelen sitelen

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