pimeja

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meaning

dark, unlit; dark color, e.g. black, purple, brown

see also

suno, walo

semantic space · lipamanka

The semantic space of pimeja contians types of darkness. This could talk about specific colors like deep red or dark emerald green, but it can also talk about shadows, places where there is less light, or the absence of brighter colors. pimeja can describe anything that is dark. From some perspectives, the night is a type of darkness more than a period of time (just as a day can be a type of brightness and a year can be a type of circle).

ku translations

black100 dark100 darkness100 shadow50 shade47

pu verbatim

  • ADJECTIVE black, dark, unlit

usage

core · 100% usage

found in pu

coined pre-pu

origin

Finnish · pimeä ‘dark’

coined by jan Sonja

listen

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jan Lakuse

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pimeja

color radical; perhaps the cross representing the absence of light

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