meaning
motion, e.g. walking, shaking, flight, travel; (preposition) to, for, going to, from the perspective of
see also
semantic space · lipamanka
tawa is motion. tawa frequently has a destination, and when used as a preposition, it marks the word after it as this destination. a destination isn't critical to tawa though; speakers will use tawa for vibrating or shaking in place, or wandering. When tawa is used as a preposition, it marks that which the motion approaches. This can be physical, but metaphysically tawa can mark a recipient, beneficiary, point of perspective, etc.
ku translations
go100, motion100, move100, toward100, movement94, to93, towards93, for81, transit80, travel69, transportation60, trip60, walk58, advance56, onto55, pass50, transport50, walking47, migration46, departure45, from the perspective of44, push43, march38, forth36, proceed36, slide36, drift35, according to33, mobile30, until30, cross29, transfer29, approach27, till27, forward26, attend25, momentum25, progress25
pu verbatim
PREPOSITION going to, toward; for; from the perspective of
ADJECTIVE moving
usage
core · 100% usage
found in pu
coined pre-pu
origin
English · toward
coined by jan Sonja
sitelen pona
tawamotion radical; legs facing to the right. compare kama and blissymbol “walk”
sitelen sitelen
sitelen jelo
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sitelen Emosi
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ucsur
U+F1969
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