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Toki Pona
Glyph origin
The main glyph represents a blobular shape like a drawing of a cloud or a mochi that is roasting and expanding. It is also similar to the blobular image used in the bouba/kiki effect study.
Etymology
From Japanese ふわふわ (“”).
Also resembles the nonce word bouba, from the 2001 study which coined the bouba/kiki effect conducted by V. S. Ramachandran and Edward Hubbard.
Adjective
puwa
- fluffy, soft, or squishy
- Synonyms: ko, suwi
- Antonyms: kiki, kiwen
Noun
puwa
- something that, when compressed, tries to return to its original shape; for example, a pillow, jelly, or a sponge
Verb
puwa
- (intransitive, transitive) to be or make fluffy, soft, or squishy
Usage notes
- In the sona Linku dataset, this word is classified as "obscure", being used by 10% of respondents in a poll from 2021.