meaning
sweet, fragrant; cute, adorable
see also
semantic space · lipamanka
suwi describes pleasant aspects of senses. If something is pleasant to the mouth, i.e. it is sweet, that is suwi. If something is pleasant to the eye, i.e. cute, that is suwi as well. The scent of apples might be suwi as well. A soft or fuzzy texture can be suwi. A pleasant sound can be described as suwi. suwi can also describe other pleasant things, such as actions or people. Like if someone bakes you a pie, not only is the pie usually suwi, but so is the act of making it. Note that suwi isn't used for savory pleasant flavors much, usually just sweet ones.
ku translations
sweet100, cute92, candy65, sugar58, gentle33, dessert32, tender31, soft27, darling26, treat25
pu verbatim
ADJECTIVE sweet, fragrant; cute, innocent, adorable
usage
core · 100% usage
found in pu
coined pre-pu
origin
Tok Pisin · swit ‘sweet’
English · sweet
coined by jan Sonja
sitelen pona
suwiperhaps a pictogram of a smiling face
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ucsur
U+F1966