Appendix:Toki Pona/kipisi

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Toki Pona

Glyph origin

sitelen pona
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sitelen sitelen

Etymology

Multiple possiblilities. Either from Inupiaq kipriruk (“cut”) or Swahili kipisi (“sliver, small piece of wood”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkipisi/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ki‧pi‧si

Verb

kipisi

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to split or sever
  2. (transitive) to cut, to slice
    Synonyms: tu, mute, pakala

Noun

kipisi

  1. part, piece, portion, cut
  2. separation, division

Usage notes

  • This word was created by Sonja Lang before the publication of her book Toki Pona: The Language of Good (2014) and not included in it. It has since been recognized as essential vocabulary (nimi ku suli) by Lang in her 2021 publication The Toki Pona Dictionary.
  • According to Linku, this word is classified as "common", being used by 67% of respondents in a poll from August 2023.
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