Appendix:Toki Pona/insa

Toki Pona

insa in sitelen pona

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

Etymology

From Tok Pisin insait (“inside”), from English inside.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈinsa/

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• Hyphenation: in‧sa

Noun

insa

1. inside; centre, core
   • 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,

     (literally, “As for this land's inside…”)

   1. internal organ; stomach
2. in between
3. content

   Synonym: jo

Adjective

insa

1. inner, internal
2. central, core
3. neutral

   Synonym: meso

Verb

insa

1. (intransitive) to be inside
2. (transitive) to insert, to put or send inside

Anagrams

• sina