Appendix:Toki Pona/kiwen

Toki Pona

Glyph origin

sitelen pona
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sitelen sitelen

• sitelen pona: A cut gemstone, perhaps specifically a diamond.

Etymology

From Finnish kiven, genitive singular of kivi (“stone”). Coined and voted on in 2002 to replace the phrase wawa ma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiwen/

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• Hyphenation: ki‧wen

Noun

kiwen

1. a hard object, such as metal, wood, bone or plastic
   1. rock, stone, mineral

      mi jo e kiwen kule mute.

      I have many colorful rocks.

Adjective

kiwen

1. hard, tough

   selo kiwen li awen e akesi.

   A hard shell protects a turtle.

   1. (of an object or substance) solid

      Coordinate terms: kon, telo

   2. (relational) rock, rocks; rocky

Verb

kiwen

1. (intransitive, transitive) to be or to turn into a rock