lape

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meaning

sleep, rest, break from an activity or work

semantic space · lipamanka

The semantic space of lape contains sleep and rests. More abstractly, lape can mean anything from a short break from walking to a gap year in college, and less abstractly lape can mean a nap or sleeping. Using lape to describe an action often implies that the level of effort or involvement is lower when compared to surrounding activities.

pu verbatim

  • ADJECTIVE sleeping, resting

ku translations

sleep100 asleep80 rest58 lay31 lie (be in flat position)26

usage

core · 100% usage

found in pu

coined pre-pu

origin

Dutch · slapen ‘sleep’

coined by jan Sonja

listen

kala Asi

jan Lakuse

sitelen pona

lape

pictogram of a lying person

sitelen sitelen

lape sitelen sitelen

sitelen jelo

😴

sitelen Emosi

😴

ucsur

U+F1922

luka pona

gif · mp4