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==Toki Pona==

===Glyph origin===
{{tok-sitelen}}
* {{m|tok|sitelen pona}}: A [[zigzag]] for a [[row]] of [[sharp]] [[teeth]].

===Etymology===
{{etymon|tok|:der|ja:モンスター<tr:monsutā><t:monster>|tree=1|text=:en}}

===Pronunciation===
{{tok-IPA}}

===Adjective===
{{head|tok|adj}}

# [[scary]], [[monstrous]], [[disturbing]]
#* {{quote-journal|tok|title=nasin kulupu li seme?|date=2021-02-25|author=kulupu Aponi|journal=lipu kule|url=https://lipukule.org/post/2021/02/25/nasin-kulupu-li-seme/|archiveurl=https://wikisource.org/wiki/Lipu_kule/nasin_kulupu_li_seme%3F|archivedate=2021-10-15|text=musi la, sitelen la, jan kulupu li monsuta, li jo e jan '''monsuta''' lon lawa ona|t=In art, in movies, people experiencing multiplicity are [depicted as] monsters, and have '''scary''' people inside their heads}}
#* {{quote-journal|tok|title=tenpo suno monsuta|trans-title=Scary Day|date=2021-10-31|author=jan Alonola|journal=lipu tenpo|issue=9|issn=2752-4639|url=https://liputenpo.org/lipu-tenpo-nanpa-moli/|archiveurl=https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3ALipu_tenpo_issue_09_-_nanpa_moli.pdf&page=8|archivedate=2021-10-31|text=jan li pali e seli suli, li jo e len '''monsuta''' tan ni: ona li wile weka e jan moli ike.|t=People made a large fire and wore '''scary''' clothes because they wanted to drive out bad dead people.|page=7}}
#* {{quote-book|tok|title=mun monsuta|chapter=o kama pona|author=kulupu lintukamakaki|page=3|date=2022-10-06|url=https://lipumonsuta.neocities.org/mun-monsuta/#kasi-kiki|archiveurl=https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3AMun_monsuta.pdf&page=3|archivedate=2022-10-07|text=toki '''monsuta''' mute li lon lipu ni.|t=There are many '''scary''' stories in this book.}}
# {{lb|tok|rare}} [[dangerous]]
# {{lb|tok|rare}} [[scared]]

===Noun===
{{head|tok|noun}}

# [[scary]] [[creature]] or [[entity]], [[monster]], [[demon]], [[predator]], [[beast]]
#* {{quote-journal|tok|title=nasin kulupu li seme?|date=2021-02-25|author=kulupu Aponi|journal=lipu kule|url=https://lipukule.org/post/2021/02/25/nasin-kulupu-li-seme/|archiveurl=https://wikisource.org/wiki/Lipu_kule/nasin_kulupu_li_seme%3F|archivedate=2021-10-15|text=musi la, sitelen la, jan kulupu li '''monsuta''', li jo e jan monsuta lon lawa ona|t=In art, in movies, people experiencing [[multiplicity]] are [depicted as] '''monsters''', and have scary people inside their heads}}
#* {{quote-journal|tok|title=monsuta lon ma pi kasi suli|date=2021-05-07|author=jan Tekinowi|journal=lipu tenpo|issue=4|issn=2752-4639|url=https://liputenpo.org/lipu-tenpo-nanpa-kasi/|text=jan li pilin e ni: '''monsuta''' li jan mun. jan ante li pilin e ni: '''monsuta''' li waso li wile awen e sike mama ona.|t=Some people thought the '''monster''' was an alien. Others thought the '''monster''' was a bird who wanted to protect its eggs.|page=12}}
#* {{quote-av|tok|date=2021-09-27|author=jan Juli|title=kalama sin|episode=nanpa open|number=1|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kalama_sin_001.mp3|text=tenpo pini la jan ni li lon ma ni li utala e '''monsuta'''.|t=In the past these people were in this land and fought a '''monster'''.}}
# something [[scary]], a [[source]] of [[fear]]; a [[danger]] or [[threat]]; [[horror]]
#* {{quote-journal|tok|date=2021-10-31|author=jan Sonatan|journal=lipu tenpo|issue=9|issn=2752-4639|url=https://liputenpo.org/lipu-tenpo-nanpa-moli/|text='''monsuta''' li ike tawa sina la o lukin e toki ante e ma Sinkapo.|t=If you don't like '''scary things''', take a look at [the section about] other languages and [the article about] Singapore.|page=1}}
# {{lb|tok|rare}} [[fear]], [[dread]]
#: {{syn|tok|pilin}} monsuta

===Verb===
{{head|tok|verb}}

# {{lb|tok|intransitive}} to be scary or monstrous; to be a monster
#* {{quote-book|tok|title=mun monsuta|chapter=kasi kiki|author=kulupu lintukamakaki|page=30|date=2022-10-06|url=https://lipumonsuta.neocities.org/mun-monsuta/#kasi-kiki|archiveurl=https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3AMun_monsuta.pdf&page=30|archivedate=2022-10-07|text=kalama ni en pimeja li '''monsuta''' lili tawa waso Ki.|t=This sound and the darkness '''were''' a little '''scary''' to Ki the bird.}}
#* {{quote-journal|tok|title=nasin kulupu li seme?|date=2021-02-25|author=kulupu Aponi|journal=lipu kule|url=https://lipukule.org/post/2021/02/25/nasin-kulupu-li-seme/|archiveurl=https://wikisource.org/wiki/Lipu_kule/nasin_kulupu_li_seme%3F|archivedate=2021-10-15|text=musi la, sitelen la, jan kulupu li '''monsuta''', li jo e jan monsuta lon lawa ona|t=In art, in movies, people experiencing [[multiplicity]] '''are monsters''', and have scary people inside their heads}}
# {{lb|tok|transitive}} to turn something or someone scary or monstrous; to turn something or someone into a monster or an object of fear
# {{lb|tok|transitive}} to [[scare]]
# {{lb|tok|transitive}} to [[fear]]

====Usage notes====
* This word was created by Sonja Lang before the publication of her book ''Toki Pona: The Language of Good'' (2014) and not included in it. It has since been recognized as essential vocabulary (''nimi ku suli'') by Lang in her 2021 publication ''The Toki Pona Dictionary''.

{{U:tok:sona Linku|common|84|2024}}

* ''monsuta'' is not commonly used as a transitive verb, and its meaning when used transitively is not very stable or well-defined.

* ''monsuta'' being used for both "to scare" and "to fear" has inspired the "''monsutatesu''" thesis, which posits that various Toki Pona words are [[autoantonym]]s when used as verbs. Other examples include {{m|tok|kalama}}, {{m|tok|lawa}}, {{m|tok|mama}}{{,}} and {{m|tok|moku}}.

===See also===
* {{l|tok|akesi}}

===Further reading===
* {{tok-interwikt}}

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