Toki Pona

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anpa in sitelen pona

Glyph origin

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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

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From Acadian French en bas (below).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈanpa/, [ˈanpa ~ ˈampa]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: an‧pa
  • Rhymes: -anpa

Noun

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anpa

  1. bottom, floor
  2. underside, the area beneath
    Synonym: noka

Verb

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anpa

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to lower
    1. (intransitive) to bow down
    2. (transitive) to defeat

Adjective

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anpa

  1. low, at the bottom
  2. down, downward
  3. (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

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anpa

  1. down

Antonyms

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Anagrams

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