Appendix:Toki Pona/lape
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lape in sitelen pona
Toki Pona
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Glyph origin
[edit]The sitelen pona glyph is a key-like figure that represents a person (drawn with a circle for the head and a line for the body) laying down.
Etymology
[edit]From Dutch slapen (“to sleep”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]lape
- sleep, rest, or a period thereof
- 2024 March 20, jan Ke Tami, “toki kalama tu”, in lipu tenpo[1], number (nanpa) kalama, page 9:
- ona li pini e lape.
- It wakes you up.
- (literally, “It ends sleep.”)
Verb
[edit]lape
- (intransitive) to sleep, to rest
- (transitive) to cause to sleep or to rest
- (intransitive) to lay, to lie down
Adjective
[edit]lape