anpa

anpa refers to lowness, and the anpa of something is the area and stuff below it; to be lon anpa supa is to be below a table, and to be lon tomo anpa is to be in a basement.

anpa soweli li seli tawa luka!

The dog’s belly is warm to the touch!

Toki Pona draws a conceptual metaphor between physical lowness and lowness in status or ranking. If I win a race, I anpa e the other contestants. In a capitalist society, the workers in a company are anpa to the capitalist.