Appendix:Toki Pona/pimeja

Toki Pona

pimeja in sitelen pona

Glyph origin

The sitelen pona glyph is composed of the color radical (a triangle), which itself may be representing a prism, and a cross, indicating the lack of light. Compare jelo, laso, loje, walo.

Etymology

From Finnish pimeä (“dark”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpimeja/

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Adjective

pimeja

1. black, blackish
2. dark, unlit

   Antonym: suno

Noun

pimeja

1. the color black
2. darkness, shadow
   1. night

      tenpo pimeja ― nigthtime (literally, “dark time”)

Verb

pimeja

1. (transitive, intransitive) to be dark or darken

Hypernym

• kule

Coordinate terms

• jelo
• laso
• loje
• walo