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 it's imperative to explain your metaphor clearly. Ask two toki ponists about what kiwen means metaphysically and you'll get three answers. None of them are universally intuitive. Without this extra expansion, I recommend avoiding using kiwen to talk about non-physical things.
pu verbatim
- NOUN hard object, metal, rock, stone
ku translations
solid100 rock93 stone84 hard object79 concrete60 metal57 steel56 iron50 firm44 stiff44 silver31 plastic25
usage
core · 100% usage
found in pu
coined pre-pu
origin
Finnish · kiven ‘stone (genitive case)’
coined by jan Sonja
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kala Asi
jan Lakuse
commentary
This word was coined in a poll in 2002, replacing the compound phrase "wawa ma".
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kiwenpictogram of a rock or a gem
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