Appendix:Toki Pona/kule

Toki Pona

kule in sitelen pona

Glyph origin

The sitelen pona glyph is formed with the color radical (a triangle), which itself may be representing a prism, and a straight line through the middle. Compare jelo, laso, loje, pimeja, walo.

Etymology

From Acadian French couleur (“color”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkule/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ku‧le

Noun

kule

1. color, hue, paint
   • 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,

2. spectrum
3. (rare, by analogy) any intrinsic or sensory attribute, such as flavor, smell, timbre, pitch, and texture

   Synonym: poki

Verb

kule

1. (transitive) to be or turn colourful; to colour, to paint

Adjective

kule

1. colourful, pigmented, painted
2. on a spectrum, diverse
3. (figuratively, relational) LGBT

   Hyponym: tonsi

Hyponyms

• jelo
• laso
• loje
• pimeja
• walo