alasa

meaning: hunt, forage, search, attempt; (preverb) try to
see also: lukin
resources: sona pona wiki; lipamanka semantic space dictionary
ku translations: catch²⁶ chase³⁹ collect³³ explore⁴⁴ finding⁵⁸ gather⁶¹ hunt¹⁰⁰ hunting⁸⁷ locate³⁸ pursue⁷⁴ pursuit⁷⁵ quest³³ search⁷⁵ seek⁵⁶ try³⁶
pu verbatim: VERB to hunt, forage
audio: kala Asi; jan Lakuse

usage: core · 99%
book: pu
coined: pre-pu · 2009
origin: Acadian French · à la chasse ‘hunting, (literally) on the hunt’; coined by jan Sonja
commentary: In some communities, the usage of "alasa" as a preverb meaning "try to" is equally or even more common than "lukin". In pu, only "lukin"/"oko" has this meaning.

sitelen pona: alasa; pictogram of a bow and an arrow
sitelen sitelen
sitelen jelo: 🏹
sitelen Emosi: 🏹
ucsur: 󱤃; U+F1903

luka pona

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ALASA-2

two-handed

icons: pointing at and moving towards the thing thats being searched for
origin: PISL (Plains Indian Sign Language) · HUNTING
handshape: 1
movement: movement outwards

ALASA-1

one-handed

icons: pointing at and moving towards the thing thats being searched for
origin: PISL (Plains Indian Sign Language) · HUNTING
handshape: 1
movement: movement outwards