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zo-no-ki · W043

zonoki · rest, sleep · ✅

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Domain biological / general
Class state
Type compound
Register standard
First use S059

Composition

zo (living thing) + no (negation) + ki (motion) — living non-motion. Head-final: ki (motion) is the head; no-ki = non-motion; zo specifies biological domain.

Definition

rest; sleep; the state of reduced or absent voluntary motion in a living body.

Notes

Distinct from mu-no-ki (device at rest / powered-off). zo prefix makes this specifically a living body's rest state, not mere mechanical stillness.

zo (living thing), ki (motion), no (negation), li-be (W033), ne-fe (W042)

Examples

"lo-li-be ne-fe zo-no-ki" — the child needs sleep (S059)

In the corpus

1 attestation.

S# Tonesu
S059 lo-li-be ne-fe zo-no-ki
The child needs sleep / rest.
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