Appendix:Toki Pona/kalama

Toki Pona

kalama in sitelen pona

Glyph origin

The sitelen pona glyph is derived from the dotless glyph for uta with emitters. Compare pana, seli, sona, toki.

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian galama (“fuss, noise”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkalama/

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Noun

kalama

1. sound, noise

   Hyponym: mu

   1. music, song
   2. voice, scream
   3. utterance, recitation

Verb

kalama

1. (transitive, intransitive) to be or to make noise, to make sound
   1. to play (an instrument)
   2. to recite, to utter aloud