Appendix:Toki Pona/insa
Toki Pona
editThe sitelen pona glyph represents a dot as the location radical inside a container. Compare anpa, monsi, poka, and sinpin, as well as the variant form of sewi.
Etymology
editFrom Tok Pisin insait (“inside”), from English inside.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editinsa
- inside; centre, core
- 2021 July 18, jan Kapilu, “lon ma tomo pi tenpo pini suli”, in Sonja Lang, compiler, Toki Pona Dictionary, page 401:
- insa pi ma ni la kasi pi kule ale li lon,
- Inside this land, there are plants of all colors,
- (literally, “As for this land's inside…”)
- in between
- content
- Synonym: jo
Adjective
editinsa
Verb
editinsa
- (intransitive) to be inside
- (transitive) to insert, to put or send inside