Appendix:Toki Pona/lape

Toki Pona

lape in sitelen pona

Glyph origin

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

From Dutch slapen (“to sleep”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlape/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: la‧pe

Noun

lape

1. 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

lape

1. (intransitive) to sleep, to rest
2. (transitive) to cause to sleep or to rest
3. (intransitive) to lay, to lie down

Adjective

lape

1. sleeping, resting, asleep
2. (relational) sleep