kiwen

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meaning

hard object e.g. metal, stone, wood

semantic space · lipamanka

kiwen are things whose form resists changing. This often talks about a hard physical material or object, like a rock or wood or crystal. It can describe something's material, so a chair made out of a hard material could be kiwen. It is additionally possible to talk about nonphysical things using kiwen, but by using kiwen to describe nonphysical things, their forms are being framed as resisting change. For example, I can describe a recipe as kiwen. With some explaining, this might mean that in order for me to consider it my recipe, it must not change, and if it does change it would no longer be my recipe. There are some other abstract perspectives of kiwen that differ from this, but they're often too abstract and not easily understood. I recommend clarifying what you mean with other words too if you use kiwen abstractly.

ku translations

solid100 rock93 stone84 hard object79 concrete60 metal57 steel56 iron50 firm44 stiff44 silver31 plastic25

pu verbatim

  • NOUN hard object, metal, rock, stone

usage

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found in pu

coined pre-pu

origin

Finnish · kiven ‘stone (genitive case)’

coined by jan Sonja

listen

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jan Lakuse

commentary

This word was coined in a poll in 2002, replacing the compound phrase "wawa ma".

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pictogram of a rock or a gem

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