Appendix:Toki Pona/a

Toki Pona

Glyph origin

sitelen pona
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sitelen sitelen

The sitelen pona glyph is a combination of the exclamation mark with the dot being the Latin lowercase letter a. Compare kin, n, o.

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a/

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• Rhymes: -a

Interjection

a

1. An exclamation such as ah, oh, or ha.

   Synonym: n

   1. Repeated to represent laughter.

      a a a! ni li musi! ― Ha ha ha! That's funny!

2. Used for emphasis, emotion or confirmation.
3. Used to denote onomatopoeia.

Particle

a

1. Used to denote emotion, to emphasize or confirm the preceding word, phrase or sentence, in conjunction with the written exclamation mark or replacing it.

   Synonyms: kin, mute

   sina pona mute a! ― You are so good!