Appendix:Toki Pona/anpa
Toki Pona edit
Glyph origin edit
The sitelen pona glyph represents a dot as the location radical below a container. Compare insa, monsi, poka, and sinpin, as well as the variant form of sewi.
Etymology edit
From Acadian French en bas (“below”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
anpa
Verb edit
anpa
- (transitive, intransitive) to lower
- (intransitive) to bow down
- (transitive) to defeat
Adjective edit
anpa
- low, at the bottom
- down, downward
- (figuratively) humble, lowly, prostrate
- 2014 May 25, Sonja Lang, “The Gospel”, in Toki Pona: The Language of Good, page 83:
- jan Isa li tawa lili, li kama anpa…
- [Jesus] went on a little farther and bowed…
Adverb edit
anpa