sijelo

meaning

body, shape, physical state, torso, substance, form

semantic space · lipamanka

sijelo is the substance of something. it's the stuff. we're all made out of physical matter, and sijelo is that matter and the material it's made up of. Many speakers use sijelo as a modifier to mean "physical." For example, "lon sijelo" could mean "irl" (as opposed to something like "lon ilo" to mean "online.")

pu verbatim

NOUN body (of person or animal), physical state, torso

ku translations

body¹⁰⁰ torso⁶⁴ flesh⁵⁰ physically⁴⁰ form³⁵ figure³² physical²³ self²³

usage

core · 99% usage

found in pu

coined pre-pu

origin

Serbo-Croatian · тијело tijelo ‘body’

coined by jan Sonja

listen

kala Asi

jan Lakuse

sitelen pona

sijelo

perhaps a pictogram of a torso

sitelen sitelen

sitelen jelo

🧍

sitelen Emosi

🏋️

ucsur

U+F195B

luka pona

gif · mp4

SIJELO-AWEN

patting down the body

one-handed · FlatB · placed on chest/stomach

multiple SLs · BODY

SIJELO-AWEN-2

patting down the body

two-handed · FlatB · placed on chest/stomach

multiple SLs · BODY

SIJELO-TAWA

patting down the body

one-handed · FlatB · movement downward · placed on chest/stomach

multiple SLs · BODY