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ko-pa · W048

kopa · room, enclosed space · ✅

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Domain spatial
Class entity / place
Type compound
Register standard
First use S064

Composition

ko (containment/interior) + pa (place/space) — a place defined by enclosure. Head-final: pa (place) is head; ko specifies the bounding character.

Definition

room; enclosed space; a bounded interior place.

Notes

Paired with ki-pa (W049, corridor). ko-pa = bounded; ki-pa = transitive. The contrast follows from the primitives: containment (ko) vs motion (ki) as the defining character of a place. Generalizes to any enclosed space: chamber, cabin, cockpit, archive room.

ko (containment), pa (place), ki-pa (W049), ko-mu (W052, enclosed artifact/vessel)

Examples

"lo-ko-pa ha-vo nu-be lo-ki-pa" — the room is warmer than the corridor (S064)

In the corpus

5 attestations.

S# Tonesu
S064 lo-ko-pa ha-vo nu-be lo-ki-pa
The room has more thermal quality than the corridor.
S267 la-ko-pa'zo-se-so-fe ki lo-ko-pa
The fox entered the den. / The den-dwelling territorial acoustic organism moved into the contained space.
S423 ti ki ze / la-na-Jesus ne ro-pu-si-ki-li-ze ko-pa'be
When the hour came, Jesus was with the apostles in the upper room.
S473 la-mi la-de-zo-li de-ki ne-di-ko-pa, ko-pa helm be-ma-pa
Stanza 6 grave scene: "We paused before a House that seemed / A Swelling of the Ground —"
S516 la-mi la-de-zo-li de-ki ne-di-ko-pa — ko-pa helm be-ma-pa —
Dickinson stanza 6 grave scene, with restored
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