Meliki
meliki
- (adj.) beautiful
- (v.) to be beautiful, to have beauty
- (n.) beauty
- (n.) beautiful one, beautiful person
Ipe mata kivio meliki!
“What a beautiful sight!”
Notes: Or perhaps “vista” would be a better translation. This was the image I had in mind:
That’s a nice little rock garden, complete with plants and bushes. I wouldn’t mind having that as my front yard.
The iku for meliki is a bit curious. I can see some of me in there, but a box has replaced the image of the woman. In the middle is the circle determinative, which denotes positive things. I think I may have made a box there not only to fit the circle, but also to indicate a face (so it’s like it’s an image of a beautiful person). I guess that qualifies it as one of a number of iku types, but ikuleyaka seems the most appropriate classification.
November 30th, 2010 at 7:33 pm)
Haha – that glyph looked to me like it should mean “digital camera”
December 1st, 2010 at 3:41 am)
I was thinking it looked like the top right corner of some guy’s face (and he has a handlebar mustache).