Appendix:Toki Pona/kama

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Toki Pona

kama in sitelen pona

Glyph origin

The sitelen pona glyph represents moving legs with feet pointed against the writing direction, a mirror image of tawa. Compare awen.

Etymology

From Tok Pisin kamap (“appear, become”), from English come up. Doublet of anpa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkama/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ma
  • Rhymes: -ama

Noun

kama

  1. arrival, the coming of
  2. (figuratively) the future

Verb

kama

  1. (intransitive) to come, to arrive
    Antonym: tawa
    • 2014 May 25, Sonja Lang, “Preface”, in Toki Pona: The Language of Good, page 7:
      kulupu lili li kama. ona li olin e toki pona.
      A small community of Toki Pona fans emerged.
  2. (intransitive) to happen, to come to pass
  3. (transitive) to cause to happen, to bring about, to summon
  4. (preverb) to become
  5. (preverb) to manage

Adjective

kama

  1. coming, future
    tenpo kama ― future (literally, “coming time”)

Antonyms

References

  • Sonja Lang (2014) Toki Pona: The Language of Good, →ISBN, page 126
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