https://linguifex.com/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Contionary%3AToki_Pona%2Fpowe Contionary:Toki Pona/powe - Revision history 2026-05-18T10:35:58Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.6 https://linguifex.com/w/index.php?title=Contionary:Toki_Pona/powe&diff=525763&oldid=prev Sware: 1 revision imported 2026-05-17T16:56:36Z <p>1 revision imported</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="1" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="1" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 16:56, 17 May 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-notice" lang="en"><div class="mw-diff-empty">(No difference)</div> </td></tr></table> Sware https://linguifex.com/w/index.php?title=Contionary:Toki_Pona/powe&diff=525762&oldid=prev wikt>Jlwoodwa: fix wikisource links 2026-05-06T16:33:15Z <p>fix wikisource links</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>==Toki Pona==<br /> ===Glyph origin===<br /> {{tok-sitelen|sp=Powe - sitelen pona in Sonja Lang&#039;s handwriting (2024).svg}}<br /> * {{m|tok|sitelen pona}}: From {{m|tok|lon}} (“true”) + {{m|tok|ala}} (“not”), replacing the dot with a small [[X mark]].<br /> <br /> ===Etymology===<br /> Possibly from {{bor|tok|fr|faux||false}} or {{bor|tok|fr|pas vrai||not true}}<br /> <br /> ===Pronunciation===<br /> {{tok-IPA}}<br /> <br /> ===Adjective===<br /> {{head|tok|noun}} {{tlb|tok|uncommon}}<br /> <br /> # [[unreal]], [[false]], [[untrue]], [[fake]]<br /> #* {{quote-journal|tok|year=2021|author=kala pona Tonyu|title=[[s:mul:lipu monsuta/uta monsuta/nasin kijetesantakalu pona|nasin kijetesantakalu pona]]|journal=lipu monsuta|url=|volume=|issue=uta monsuta|page=17|text=sina lukin tawa tomo pimeja la o moli &#039;&#039;&#039;powe&#039;&#039;&#039; lon supa anpa.|t=If you look at a dark room, &#039;&#039;&#039;play&#039;&#039;&#039; dead on the floor.}}<br /> #* {{quote-journal|tok|date=2023-07-01|author=jan Kapesi Pake|title=jan pali li ken ala ken kama lawa e nasin pali?|journal=lipu tenpo|url=https://liputenpo.org/lipu/nanpa-nasin|volume=|issue=(nanpa) nasin|page=5|text=nasin mani li &#039;&#039;&#039;toki powe&#039;&#039;&#039; kin tawa jan.|t=The economic system also &#039;&#039;&#039;lies&#039;&#039;&#039; to people.}}<br /> <br /> ===Verb===<br /> {{head|tok|noun}} {{tlb|tok|uncommon}}<br /> <br /> # {{lb|tok|transitive|intransitive}} to [[lie]], to [[pretend]], to [[deceive]], to fake or be false<br /> #* {{quote-journal|tok|date=2021/02/01|author=kulupu En|title=[[s:mul:lipu kule/ijo lon pi lon ala|ijo lon pi lon ala]]|journal=lipu kule|url=|volume=|issue=|page=|text=tenpo mute la, ni li lon: ijo li lon, anu ijo li &#039;&#039;&#039;powe&#039;&#039;&#039;.|t=A lot of the time, this is the case: things are true, or things &#039;&#039;&#039;are false&#039;&#039;&#039;.}}<br /> #* {{quote-web|tok|year=2022|author=Hermann Hesse, trans. jan Kala|work=[[s:mul:jan Sitata/lipu nanpa wan/lon kulupu Samana|jan Sitata]]|text=ona la ale ni li ike li nasa li &#039;&#039;&#039;powe&#039;&#039;&#039;|t=To him, all was bad and strange and &#039;&#039;&#039;lying&#039;&#039;&#039;.}}<br /> #* {{quote-journal|tok|date=2023/01/03|author=jan Olipija|title=[[s:mul:lipu kule/nasin pi utala meli mije|nasin pi utala meli mije]]|journal=lipu kule|url=|volume=|issue=|page=|text=ona [&#039;&#039;nasin pi utala meli mije&#039;&#039;] li mama e ike tawa tonsi tan ni: ona la, ‘&amp;hellip; meli mije en mije meli li jaki. jan li ante e sijelo ona la, ona li &#039;&#039;&#039;powe&#039;&#039;&#039; li jaki. &amp;hellip;’|t=It [&#039;&#039;oppositional sexism&#039;&#039;] nurtures hatred toward non-binary people because to it, ‘&amp;hellip; Masculine women and feminine men are disgusting. If people change their bodies, they &#039;&#039;&#039;are dishonest&#039;&#039;&#039; and disgusting. &amp;hellip;’}}<br /> #* {{quote-journal|tok|date=2023-08-24|author=mije Luke|title=sona musi lili pi ma Antateka|journal=lipu tenpo|url=https://liputenpo.org/lipu/nanpa-ma|volume=|issue=(nanpa) ma|page=7|text=sitelen pi ma ale la, ma Antateka li suli tawa lukin; taso, ni li &#039;&#039;&#039;powe&#039;&#039;&#039; lili. ma Mewika seli la, ona li lili; taso, ma Elopa la, ona li suli.|t=On a world map, Antarctica looks big, but this &#039;&#039;&#039;is&#039;&#039;&#039; a bit &#039;&#039;&#039;deceiving&#039;&#039;&#039;. Compared to North America, it is small, but compared to Europe, it is big.}}<br /> <br /> ===Usage notes===<br /> {{U:tok:sona Linku|obscure|18|2024}}</div> wikt>Jlwoodwa