Appendix:Toki Pona/anpa
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Toki Pona[edit]
Glyph origin[edit]
The sitelen pona glyph represents a dot as the location radical below a container. Compare insa, monsi, poka, and sinpin, as well as the variant form of sewi.
Etymology[edit]
From Acadian French en bas (“below”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
anpa
Verb[edit]
anpa
- (transitive, intransitive) to lower
- (intransitive) to bow down
- (transitive) to defeat
Adjective[edit]
anpa
- low, at the bottom
- down, downward
- (figuratively) humble, lowly, prostrate
- 2014 May 25, Sonja Lang, “The Gospel”, in Toki Pona: The Language of Good, page 83:
- jan Isa li tawa lili, li kama anpa…
- [Jesus] went on a little farther and bowed…
Adverb[edit]
anpa