kasi

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meaning

plant, vegetation; herb, leaf

semantic space · lipamanka

kasi is any number of types of plants. Size doesn't matter: kasi can refer to the biggest tallest trees and the smallest weeds. Anything largely in the category of "plant" is a kasi.

There's some controversy about fungi, though. many believe them to be within kasi's semantic space, while others disagree entirely and use a new word, "soko" (which is relatively commonplace). Some people may see fungus as a fully distinct category from plants, and therefore using one word for both doesn't make sense to them. Others may categorize them together, and prefer to use kasi for both. Also, for the fruiting body of fungus, i.e. mushrooms, many speakers use kili as a way of avoiding using kasi to refer to fungus.

pu definition

  • NOUN plant, vegetation; herb, leaf

ku translations

plant95 bush61 herb40 tree32

usage

core · 100% usage

found in pu

coined pre-pu

origin

kasvi: Finnish, plant

coined by jan Sonja

listen

kala Asi

jan Lakuse

sitelen pona

kasi

sitelen sitelen

kasi sitelen sitelen

sitelen jelo

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sitelen Emosi

🌴

ucsur

U+F1917

luka pona

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KASI

a tree or bush, a stem with branches

one-handed · 5 · palm faced in

multiple SLs · TREE