meaning
fire; cooking element, chemical reaction, heat source
see also
lipu ku translations
fire⁵, heat⁵, hot⁵, burning⁵, flame⁵, burn⁴, warm⁴, warming³, bake², temperature², cook², boil², cooking², tropical¹
pu verbatim
ADJECTIVE fire; cooking element, chemical reaction, heat source
usage
core · 99% usage
found in pu
coined pre-pu
origin
Georgian · ცხელი cxeli ‘hot’
by jan Sonja
commentary
In pu, definitions of seli are described as adjectives. ku's pu corrections clarify that these refer to nouns instead.
sitelen pona
seliperhaps a pictogram of a lit campfire or a simplified pictogram of a fire
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ucsur
U+F1957