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Toki Pona
Glyph origin
- 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
Preposition
lon
- located at, in, or on
soweli li lon supa.- The cat is on the table.
Adjective
lon
- present
tenpo lon- the present time
- real; true; existent; actual
lipu ni li toki e ijo lon.- This book talks about true facts.
Noun
lon
- presence, existence, or truth
Verb
lon
- (intransitive) to exist; to be present, real, or true
waso li lon ala.- Birds aren't real.
- there is; it is in the dummy pronoun sense
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,
- to be awake
- (transitive) to cause to exist; to create, actualize, or bring about
- (transitive) to prove
Particle
lon
- 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