ona

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meaning

(üçüncü şahıs zamir) o

see also

ni

semantic space · lipamanka

ona is the only third person pronoun in toki pona. unlike ni, ona is seldom used except for to point at objects from previous sentences. toki ponists don't usually use it to talk about things they're pointing at with their fingers. ona has no animacy connotation, just as no toki pona word does (except for maybe jan). ona can just as easily refer to a block of wood or a doorknob as it can to a human or animal. It also has no gender connotation, just like every other toki pona word, so it can just as easily mean he or she or they.

pu verbatim

  • NOUN he, she, it, they

ku translations

its100 her95 them90 their83 he80 him80 she80 they79 his73 it73 themselves53 itself47 herself36 himself36

usage

core · 100% usage

found in pu

coined pre-pu

origin

Sırp-Hırvatça · она ona ‘(dişil üçüncü şahıs zamiri), o’

coined by jan Sonja

listen

kala Asi

jan Lakuse

commentary

Bu kelime 2002 yılında yapılan bir anketle türetilmiştir. "İki" kelimesinin, "ike" ile ses benzerliğinin fazla olduğu düşünüldüğü için yerini almıştır. Anketin diğer seçenekleri arasında "ipi" ve "i" de bulunmaktadır.

sitelen pona

ona

belki yanlara işaret eden bir el. karş. mi ve sina

sitelen sitelen

ona sitelen sitelen

sitelen jelo

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sitelen Emosi

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ucsur

U+F1946

luka pona

gif · mp4

ONA

pointing at the relevent person

one-handed · 1 · parmak yanları gösterir

multiple SLs · PRO.3 (third person pronoun)