Appendix:Toki Pona/tawa

Toki Pona

Glyph origin

tawa in sitelen pona

The sitelen pona glyph represents moving legs with feet pointed in the writing direction, a mirror image of kama. Compare awen. It may also be based on the Blissymbols character Legs and Feet.

Etymology

From English towards.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtawa/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: ta‧wa
Rhymes: -awa

Noun

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tawa

movement, transportation

Verb

tawa

to go to
to move, displace
- 2021 July 18, jan Kapilu, “lon ma tomo pi tenpo pini suli”, in Sonja Lang, compiler, Toki Pona Dictionary, page 401:
  sama telo la ale li tawa,
  Like water, everything flows,
to walk, travel
to leave

Adjective

tawa

moving, mobile

Preposition

tawa

To, towards.
For.
Until.
From the perspective of.
Precedes the indirect object.

Antonyms

kama