lukin

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meaning

看、见、观察、检视、检查、阅读;视觉的;眼睛、视觉器官;(前动词)尝试、试图

see also

oko, alasa

semantic space · lipamanka

lukin is both passive seeing and active watching. it can also mean something that sees, like eyes or a camera. lukin is also used as a preverb that means to "try" to do something. In practice, oko usually occupies the same semantic space of lukin, but speakers of Romance languages who learn toki pona are likely to use "oko" more than "lukin" to mean "eye." There are also a handful of speakers that only use oko, but only using lukin is far more common.

pu verbatim

  • NOUN eye
  • VERB to look at, see, examine, observe, read, watch
  • PRE-VERB to seek, look for, try to

ku translations

see100 observe92 look at86 sight85 gaze83 observation83 check77 view74 scan67 watch65 visual64 examine60 inspection60 vision60 notice53 appearance50 attention50 surveillance50 examination47 detect46 assess40 stare38 perceive36 perception36 try36 glance33 impression33 reading31 regard (v)29 apparent27 read27 visible27 eye26 seek26 encounter25 investigation25 monitor25

usage

core · 99% usage

found in pu

coined pre-pu

origin

巴布亚皮钦语 · lukim ‘看、看见、观察’

英语 · look ‘看’

英语 · him ‘他(宾格)’

coined by jan Sonja

listen

kala Asi

jan Lakuse

commentary

不论 pu 出版前后,说话者一般认为“lukin”和“oko”是意思各异的单词。这两个单词在 pu 中为同义词。说话者将它们视为同义词时,一般不使用“oko”,反而一律使用“lukin”。作前动词“尝试”时,“alasa”比“lukin”更常用。在 pu 中,只有“lukin”有此释义。

sitelen pona

lukin

眼睛的象形;对照布利斯符号“眼睛”

sitelen sitelen

lukin sitelen sitelen

sitelen jelo

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sitelen Emosi

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ucsur

U+F192E

luka pona

gif · mp4

LUKIN-E

eyes looking

one-handed · V · fingers pointing out, fingers pointing in, fingers pointing sideways

multiple SLs · LOOK

LUKIN-SIKE

eyes looking

one-handed · V · 垂直比划圆形

multiple SLs · LOOK