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meaning
spiky, sharp; angle, point; triangular
see also
kipisi
resources
sona pona wiki
ku translations
angle
8
point
6
sharp
14
spiky
21
audio
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usage
obscure · 21%
book
ku lili
coined
post-pu · 2020
origin
a priori
coined by
jan Olipija, akesi kon Nalasuni
commentary
The word is loaned from the 2001 Vilanyur S Ramachandran & Edward Hubbard version of Wolfgang Köhler's 1912 psycholinguistic experiment. The experiment studied sound symbolism on the words "bouba" and "kiki".
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KIKI
one-handed
icons
a spike or needle
origin
a priori
handshape
9
movement
movement upward
orientation
palm facing up