meaning
but, however; only
semantic space · lipamanka
taso doesn't actually change the semantic space of a word it modifies. instead, it trims away the possibility of other things filling the role of that object in a sentence. taso says that only the word it modifies does whatever it does. it's almost the inverse of ala in that instead of canceling out the semantic space of everything before it that it modifies, it cancels out everything else. taso is also used as a conjunction at the beginning of a sentence, meaning something similar to "but" in english.
ku translations
but100, only100, however82, solely82, although80, exclusively80, though79, just71, exclusive70, despite69, nonetheless67, mere64, merely58, except53, nevertheless50, sole50, yet50, whereas45, regardless33, exception27
pu verbatim
PARTICLE but, however
ADJECTIVE only
usage
core · 100% usage
found in pu
coined pre-pu
origin
Tok Pisin · tasol ‘just, only, but, however’
English · that’s all
coined by jan Sonja
commentary
Some proficient speakers use taso as a connector between sentences (X taso Y), similar to "X, but Y," as though taso behaved like la grammatically.
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tasofrom blissymbol “but”
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ucsur
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