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.
pu verbatim
- ADJECTIVE sleeping, resting
ku translations
sleep100 asleep80 rest58 lay31 lie (be in flat position)26
usage
core · 100% usage
found in pu
coined pre-pu
origin
pil(f)sesh(p)fol(p)bef(f)bok(f)san(t)ap(t)vlir(t)sang(b)es(p)u(t)vom(b)ngo(p)da(t)grog(f)kay(f)vlim(p)ga(f)vlim(p)ga(f) · slapen ‘sleep’
coined by jan Sonja
listen
kala Asi
jan Lakuse
sitelen pona
lapepictogram of a lying person
sitelen sitelen
sitelen jelo
😴
sitelen Emosi
😴
ucsur
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