Appendix:Toki Pona/ken

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Toki Pona

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ken in sitelen pona

Glyph origin

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The sitelen pona glyph is derived from the Latin uppercase letter K.

Etymology

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From Tok Pisin ken (can), from English can.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ken/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -en

Verb

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ken

  1. (intransitive or preverb) can, may, to be allowed
  2. (intransitive) to be able or possible
  3. (transitive) to allow, to enable

Noun

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ken

  1. permission
  2. ability, capability
  3. possibility, chance, luck

Adjective

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ken

  1. possible

Adverb

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ken

  1. (Used before la) maybe, perhaps