Contionary:Toki Pona/pu

Toki Pona

Glyph origin

• tok ("sitelen pona") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"): The front cover of Toki Pona: The Language of Good, or tok ("lipu") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}") + tok ("toki pona") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}").

Etymology

Uncertain. Suggestions include English book, and Mandarin 樸 / 朴 (pǔ, literally “unworked wood”). Template:Coined.

Adjective

Toki Pona/pu

1. interacting with Toki Pona: The Language of Good, a book that presents and teaches the initial completed form of Toki Pona, first published in English by Sonja Lang in 2014
   1. (especially of a word or manner of speech) included or attested in Toki Pona: The Language of Good
2. (rare) official

Verb

Toki Pona/pu

1. (intransitive) to read, or otherwise interact with, Toki Pona: The Language of Good
   • 2014 May 25, Sonja Lang, “Preface”, in Toki Pona: The Language of Good, page 7:

     sina pu a!

     You’re holding the Toki Pona book!

Noun

Toki Pona/pu

1. interaction with Toki Pona: The Language of Good

Proper noun

Toki Pona/pu

1. (informal, metonymic) the book Toki Pona: The Language of Good itself

   Synonym: lipu pu

Coordinate terms

• ku

References

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