Appendix:Toki Pona/kiwen

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Toki Pona

Glyph origin

sitelen pona
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sitelen sitelen

Etymology

From Finnish kiven, genitive singular of kivi (“stone”). Coined and voted on in 2002 to replace the phrase wawa ma.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkiwen/
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  • Hyphenation: ki‧wen

Noun

kiwen

  1. a hard object, such as metal, wood, bone or plastic
    1. rock, stone, mineral
      mi jo e kiwen kule mute.
      I have many colorful rocks.

Adjective

kiwen

  1. hard, tough
    selo kiwen li awen e akesi.
    A hard shell protects a turtle.
    1. (of an object or substance) solid
      Coordinate terms: kon, telo
    2. (relational) rock, rocks; rocky

Verb

kiwen

  1. (intransitive, transitive) to be or to turn into a rock
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