Appendix:Toki Pona/anpa

Toki Pona

anpa in sitelen pona

Glyph origin

The sitelen pona glyph represents a dot as the location radical below a container. Compare insa, monsi, poka, and sinpin, as well as the variant form of sewi.

Etymology

From Acadian French en bas (“below”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈanpa/, [ˈanpa ~ ˈampa]

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• Hyphenation: an‧pa
• Rhymes: -anpa

Noun

anpa

1. bottom, floor
2. underside, the area beneath

   Synonym: noka

Verb

anpa

1. (transitive, intransitive) to lower
   1. (intransitive) to bow down
   2. (transitive) to defeat

Adjective

anpa

1. low, at the bottom
2. down, downward
3. (figuratively) humble, lowly, prostrate
   • 2014 May 25, Sonja Lang, “The Gospel”, in Toki Pona: The Language of Good, page 83:

     jan Isa li tawa lili, li kama anpa…

     [Jesus] went on a little farther and bowed…

Adverb

anpa

1. down

Antonyms

• sewi

Anagrams

• pana