Appendix:Toki Pona/suwi

Toki Pona

Glyph origin

suwi in sitelen pona

The sitelen pona glyph represents the kaomoji ^.^.

Etymology

From Tok Pisin swit (“sweet”), from English sweet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuwi/

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Noun

suwi

1. candy, sweet food

Verb

suwi

1. to sweeten

Adjective

suwi

1. sweet, fragrant
2. cute, adorable
   • 2021 August 2, jan Ke Tami, “soweli lili li suwi [Small Animals are Cute]”, in lipu tenpo‎^[1], nanpa suno, page 8:

     mi pilin e ni: soweli li lili la, ona li suwi.

     I think that if an animal is small, it is cute.

3. innocent