Contionary:Toki Pona/ale

Toki Pona

tok:

Alternative forms

• ali

Glyph origin

• tok ("sitelen pona") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"): From the infinity symbol.

Etymology

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Noun

Toki Pona/ale

1. everything, anything
2. life, existence

   Synonym: lon

3. the universe, everything that exists
   • 2021 June 13, jan Emalan, “sike lili laso walo [Pale Blue Dot]”, in lipu kule‎^[1], archived from the original on 20 August 2021:

     ale la ma jan li lili mute mute.

     In relation to the universe, the territory of humanity is very, very small.

4. abundance, plenty

Adjective

Toki Pona/ale

1. all, every, each, any
2. entire, whole; complete, full, total
3. abundant, countless, bountiful, plentiful
4. universal
5. comprehensive, thorough
6. general

Verb

Toki Pona/ale

1. (intransitive) to pervade, to be everything or in every part
2. (transitive) to commodify, to make universal or thorough
3. (transitive) to generalize

Numeral

Toki Pona/ale

1. one hundred

Antonyms

• ala

Usage notes

The words ale and tok ("ali") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}") can be used interchangeably.

The alternative form ali was originally introduced by Sonja Lang in 2002 as an equal variant of ale, following feedback that the word tok ("ala") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}") is pronounced similarly to ale in some accents. ali became the most common form for a while until the mid-2010s. As of the early 2020s, ale is significantly more commonly used than ali.

In lipu Linku, a Toki Pona dictionary, the word ale is classified as "core" vocabulary, and ali is classified as an "uncommon" word, based on them being used by 93% and 32% of Toki Pona speakers respectively, according to a poll from October 2024.

References

• Template:R:Toki Pona: The Language of Good

Further reading

• Template:Tok-interwikt
• Template:R:tok:LL

Astronomy