kiki

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This word is obscure, so most speakers will not understand it.

meaning

ijo li kiki la, ona li ken pakala e selo jan. poka pi ijo kiki li sike ala. poka ona li jo e nena pakala mute.

see also

kipisi

ku translations

spiky21 sharp14 angle8 point6

usage

obscure · 21% usage

found in ku lili

coined post-pu · 2020

origin

nimi ni li kama ala tan toki ante

coined by jan Olipija, akesi kon Nalasuni

listen

kala Asi

commentary

The word is loaned from the 2001 Vilanyur S Ramachandran & Edward Hubbard version of Wolfgang Köhler's 1912 psycholinguistic experiment. The experiment studied sound symbolism on the words "bouba" and "kiki".

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kiki

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KIKI

a spike or needle

one-handed · lili · luka li tawa sewi · sinpin luka li lon sewi

a priori