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ki-pa · W049

kipa · corridor, passage · ✅

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

Composition

ki (motion) + pa (place) — a place whose defining character is directed passage. Head-final: pa (place) is head; ki specifies the motion character.

Definition

corridor; passage; a place defined by motion through it.

Notes

Paired with ko-pa (W048, room). The distinction: a room exists to contain; a corridor exists to pass through. Extends to any transitive passage space: hallway, airlock approach, transit tube.

ki (motion), pa (place), ko-pa (W048)

Examples

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

In the corpus

2 attestations.

S# Tonesu
S064 lo-ko-pa ha-vo nu-be lo-ki-pa
The room has more thermal quality than the corridor.
S243 la-ki-pa su lo-hin pir nu pa
The path is five kilometers.
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