Appendix:Toki Pona/sewi

Toki Pona

Glyph origin

sitelen pona
sitelen sitelen

The sitelen pona glyph was inspired by الله (allāh, “God, Allah”). The secular variant represents a dot as the location radical above a container. Compare insa, monsi, poka, sinpin.

Etymology

From Georgian ზევით (zevit, “upwards”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsewi/

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Noun

sewi

1. top, up, sky
2. overside, area above
3. peak, highest point

Verb

sewi

1. to raise, to rise

Adjective

sewi

1. high, at the top,
2. up, above, superior, elevated
3. (figuratively) holy, divine, sacred, supernatural
   • 2014 May 25, Sonja Lang, “Preface”, in Toki Pona: The Language of Good, page 7:

     mi open lon nimi sewi.

     I begin with the name of the Divine.

   1. God, god, religious
4. (figuratively) awe-inspiring, magical

Antonyms

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