Appendix:Toki Pona/kipisi
Toki Pona edit
Glyph origin edit
sitelen pona | |
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sitelen sitelen |
- sitelen pona: From the obelus (÷) as representing division; rotated to better distinguish it from lon, causing a resemblance to the percent sign (%).
Etymology edit
Multiple possiblilities. Either from Inupiaq kipriruk (“cut”) or Swahili kipisi (“sliver, small piece of wood”)
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
kipisi
- (transitive, intransitive) to split or sever
- (transitive) to cut, to slice
Noun edit
kipisi
Usage notes edit
- This word was created by Sonja Lang before the publication of her book Toki Pona: The Language of Good (2014) and not included in it. It has since been recognized as essential vocabulary (nimi ku suli) by Lang in her 2021 publication The Toki Pona Dictionary.
- According to Linku, this word is classified as "common", being used by 67% of respondents in a poll from August 2023.