Appendix:Toki Pona/lon

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Toki Pona

Glyph origin

sitelen pona
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sitelen sitelen
  • sitelen pona: A dot above a horizontal line, thus on some surface or at someplace.

Etymology

From Tok Pisin long (at, in, on). Doublet of pi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lon/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -on

Preposition

lon

  1. located at, in, or on
    soweli li lon supa.
    The cat is on the table.

Adjective

lon

  1. present
    tenpo lon
    the present time
  2. real; true; existent; actual
    lipu ni li toki e ijo lon.
    This book talks about true facts.

Noun

lon

  1. presence, existence, or truth

Verb

lon

  1. (intransitive) to exist; to be present, real, or true
    waso li lon ala.
    Birds aren't real.
    1. there is; it is in the dummy pronoun sense
      suno li lon.
      It's sunny.
      • 2021 July 18, jan Kapilu, “lon ma tomo pi tenpo pini suli”, in Sonja Lang, compiler, Toki Pona Dictionary, page 401:
        insa pi ma ni la kasi pi kule ale li lon,
        Inside this land, there are plants of all colors,
    2. to be awake
  2. (transitive) to cause to exist; to create, actualize, or bring about
  3. (transitive) to prove

Particle

lon

  1. yes; that's true
    Antonym: ala

Usage notes

The way to affirm polar questions as given in Toki Pona: The Language of Good is to repeat the verb of the question. However, lon is also commonly used for this purpose, and this sense is acknowledged in Toki Pona Dictionary.

References

  • Sonja Lang (2014) Toki Pona: The Language of Good, →ISBN, page 128