lon

meaning

located at, present at, real, true, existing | ALT (affirmative response)

see also

tenpo, ma

semantic space · lipamanka

For many people, lon is core to the philosophy of toki pona. It's a key example that ties together the physical and metaphysical. lon is existence, lon is truth, lon is reality. lon is not only existing at a place, but also existing during a time, or in a context. lon's usage outside of a preposition mostly derives from this meaning of existing.

ku translations

at⁵, existing⁵, real⁵, exist⁵, located⁵, presence⁵, yep⁵, existence⁵, actual⁵, on⁵, true⁵, living⁴, yes⁴, truth⁴, reality⁴, physical⁴, yeah⁴, genuine³, upon³, truly³, in³, alive³, position³, accurate³, exactly³, occupy³, live³, attendance³, certainly

pu verbatim

PREPOSITION located at, present at, real, true, existing

usage

core · 100% usage

found in pu

coined pre-pu

origin

Tok Pisin · long ‘at, in, on, (spacial particle)’ ← English along

by jan Sonja

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lon

location radical above a line. compare blissymbol “over”

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