Appendix:Toki Pona/kule
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Toki Pona[edit]
Glyph origin[edit]
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[edit]
From Acadian French couleur (“color”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kule
- 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,
- spectrum
- (rare, by analogy) any intrinsic or sensory attribute, such as flavor, smell, timber, pitch, and texture.
- Synonym: poki
Verb[edit]
kule
- (transitive) to be or turn colourful; to colour, to paint
Adjective[edit]
kule
- colourful, pigmented, painted
- on a spectrum, diverse
- (figuratively) of or relating to the LGBT community
- Hyponym: tonsi