li-pu-pa · W036
lipupa · city, inhabited settlement · ✅
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| Domain | social / geography |
| Class | entity |
| Type | compound |
| Register | standard |
| First use | S061 |
Composition
li (social agent/person) + pu (plurality/collective) + pa (place/space) — head-final: a place (pa) characterized by being the location of an organized collective (li-pu) of persons; the place whose defining feature is inhabited social organization
Definition
city; inhabited settlement; a place defined by the organized presence of many people
Notes
When preceded by the location particle pa, the full form pa-li-pu-pa would be redundant (pa already supplies the location frame). The short form li-pu is used in particle-marked position: pa-li-pu = at/to the city. li-pu alone (without pa) = the city-community / the collective of urban persons, as a social entity rather than a physical place. Not to be confused with li-pu-su (city governance / urban administration structure), which is unregistered but derivationally available.
Related
li (primitive: person), pu (primitive: plurality), pa (particle/primitive: place), li-su-li (W001, organizer/leader)
Examples
"pa-li-pu" — at the city / to the city (particle + colloquial short form) "wi [ka-ra-be pa-li-pu]" — intention: restore energy to the city (S027)
In the corpus
1 attestation.
| S# | Tonesu |
|---|---|
| S061 | lo-li-pu-pa ne-fe maThe city needs water / substance supply. |
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