Toki Pona

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lape in sitelen pona

Glyph origin

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The sitelen pona glyph is a key-like figure that represents a person (drawn with a circle for the head and a line for the body) laying down.

Etymology

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From Dutch slapen (to sleep).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlape/
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Noun

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lape

  1. sleep, rest, or a period thereof
    • 2024 March 20, jan Ke Tami, “toki kalama tu”, in lipu tenpo[1], number (nanpa) kalama, page 9:
      ona li pini e lape.
      It wakes you up.
      (literally, “It ends sleep.”)

Verb

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lape

  1. (intransitive) to sleep, to rest
  2. (transitive) to cause to sleep or to rest
  3. (intransitive) to lay, to lie down

Adjective

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lape

  1. sleeping, resting, asleep
  2. of or relating to sleep