meaning
pipi li lili li pilin. ken suli la noka mute li lon sijelo ona. ken la ona li ken tawa lon kon kepeken lipu lili. ken suli la insa ona li ko. kiwen li lon ona la kiwen ni li selo ona.
semantic space · lipamanka
pipi tend to be on the smaller side. They can have legs, and their legs will be under them. They usually have six or more legs if they have any at all. When they move quickly, they will usually move in straight lines, whether that be across a surface or through the air. Sometimes, they don't have legs. pipi tend to be squishy inside, and if there's a hard part it will be on the outside. This is similar to the concept of an exoskeleton.
pipi Kewapi has at times emphasized insignificance as a big part of pipi. We kill pipi. Perhaps as a group pipi are important, but, and I quote, "a single pipi is not a loss." This means that if one pipi were to die, it wouldn't affect much. I recommend experimenting with what can or can't be a pipi.
Note that pipi don't have to be terrestrial! They can fly or be aquatic. There's significant overlap between pipi and both kala and waso. A butterfly is a waso and a pipi, where a shrimp is both a kala and a pipi.
pu verbatim
- NOUN bug, insect, ant, spider
ku translations
bug100 insect92 spider48
usage
core · 99% usage
found in pu
coined pre-pu
origin
toki Kanse pi ma Akasi · bibitte ‘pipi’
coined by jan Sonja
listen
kala Asi
jan Lakuse
sitelen pona
pipianimal radical; pictogram of a bug
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ucsur
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