Toki Pona

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pan in sitelen pona

Glyph origin

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The sitelen pona glyph perhaps represents a grain crop.

Etymology

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Multiple possibilities. Likely from a Romance language (French pain, Italian pane, Portuguese pão, Romanian pâine, Spanish pan). Possibly influenced by Japanese パン (pan, bread), from Portuguese pão (bread).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpan/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -an

Noun

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pan

  1. grains, cereal, such as barley, corn, maize, oat, rice, sorghum, wheat
    Hypernym: moku
  2. food made from grains or cereal, such as bread, flour, injera, pasta, porridge
    1. baked goods, such as cake, cookies, pastries
  3. starchy food, such as breadfruit, cassava, potatoes, yam
  4. carbohydrate, carbs

Adjective

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pan

  1. of or relating to grains or cereal

Verb

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pan

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to be or turn into grains or cereal