meaning
fons, part de sota; sota, a baix, avall; vençut, modest, humil
see also
semantic space · lipamanka
anpa refers to the space (or sometimes object) below something. For example, "anpa supa" is the space under a table. "anpa kasi" is the space under a plant. anpa can also refer to qualities of defeat and shame, such as beating someone in a game of chess. You can describe the loser as anpa, and you can use anpa as a verb to mean "beat." anpa can also talk about social stratification and hierarchy. A lower class person can be a jan anpa.
ku translations
down96 bottom79 lower70 below58 defeat58 beneath57 under35 bow30 underlying25
pu verbatim
ADJECTIVE bowing down, downward, humble, lowly, dependent
usage
core · 99% usage
found in pu
coined pre-pu
origin
Acadian French · en bas ‘below’
coined by jan Sonja
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commentary
En ús comú (tant abans com després de pu), "anpa" té el significat de "lloc que està a sota". A pu, "noka" té aquest significat en lloc d'"anpa".
sitelen pona
anpalocation radical + "container"; the latter perhaps from a truncated square for a general object (compare sinpin) or a container (compare poki). for the radical, see also how dots are used in blissymbols; compare blissymbol "below"
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