meaning
sleep, rest, break from an activity or work
semantic space · lipamanka
The semantic space of lape contains sleep and rests. More abstractly, lape can mean anything from a short break from walking to a gap year in college, and less abstractly lape can mean a nap or sleeping. Using lape to describe an action often implies that the level of effort or involvement is lower when compared to surrounding activities.
ku translations
sleep100, asleep80, rest58, lay31, lie (be in flat position)26
pu verbatim
ADJECTIVE sleeping, resting
usage
core · 100% usage
found in pu
coined pre-pu
origin
Dutch · slapen ‘sleep’
coined by jan Sonja
sitelen pona
lapepictogram of a lying person
sitelen sitelen
sitelen jelo
😴
sitelen Emosi
😴
ucsur
U+F1922