meaning
Behälter, Tasche, Schüssel, Box, Tasse, Schublade, Schrank, Gefäß
semantic space · lipamanka
poki are containers. They're meant to contain things. Bags, boxes, and bins are great examples of poki. Furniture that contains things, such as trash cans, drawers, shelves, and even closets, are a big part of poki. Some poki might be metaphysical rather than physical. All semantic spaces of all toki pona words can be framed as poki, containing possible meanings. You could look at labels through this lense, and people who choose to use a label are placing themselves within the semantic space of said label. This usage of poki is fairly common. To explore poki's semantic space more, click here.
ku translations
container100 jar92 box90 package89 bag87 basket71 bucket67 bottle65 pot64 cabinet61 classify55 drawer50 locker50 storage50 case45 bowl42 sack40 cup36 cage33 pack33 purse31 trunk29 pitcher27 cell26
pu verbatim
NOMEN Behältnis, Beutel, Schale, Kiste, Tasse, Karton, Schublade, Gefäß
usage
core · 99% usage
found in pu
coined pre-pu
origin
Tok Pisin · bokis ‘box, female genitalia (vulgar)’
English · box
coined by jan Sonja
listen
kala Asi
jan Lakuse
commentary
poki is sometimes used as "category" or to express types of things. One example is roles or groups, in discord chat contexts
sitelen pona
pokipictogram of a container
sitelen sitelen
sitelen jelo
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sitelen Emosi
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ucsur
U+F1953