Contionary:Toki Pona/powe

Toki Pona

Glyph origin

• tok ("sitelen pona") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"): From tok ("lon") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}") (“true”) + tok ("ala") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}") (“not”), replacing the dot with a small X mark.

Etymology

Possibly from or

Adjective

Toki Pona/powe (uncommon)

1. unreal, false, untrue, fake
   • 2021, kala pona Tonyu, “nasin kijetesantakalu pona”, in lipu monsuta, number uta monsuta, page 17:

     sina lukin tawa tomo pimeja la o moli powe lon supa anpa.

     If you look at a dark room, play dead on the floor.

   • 2023 July 1, jan Kapesi Pake, “jan pali li ken ala ken kama lawa e nasin pali?”, in lipu tenpo‎^[1], number (nanpa) nasin, page 5:

     nasin mani li toki powe kin tawa jan.

     The economic system also lies to people.

Verb

Toki Pona/powe (uncommon)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to lie, to pretend, to deceive, to fake or be false
   • 2021 February 1, kulupu En, “ijo lon pi lon ala”, in lipu kule:

     tenpo mute la, ni li lon: ijo li lon, anu ijo li powe.

     A lot of the time, this is the case: things are true, or things are false.

   • 2022, Hermann Hesse, trans. jan Kala, jan Sitata:

     ona la ale ni li ike li nasa li powe

     To him, all was bad and strange and lying.

   • 2023 January 3, jan Olipija, “nasin pi utala meli mije”, in lipu kule:

     ona [nasin pi utala meli mije] li mama e ike tawa tonsi tan ni: ona la, ‘… meli mije en mije meli li jaki. jan li ante e sijelo ona la, ona li powe li jaki. …’

     It [oppositional sexism] nurtures hatred toward non-binary people because to it, ‘… Masculine women and feminine men are disgusting. If people change their bodies, they are dishonest and disgusting. …’

   • 2023 August 24, mije Luke, “sona musi lili pi ma Antateka”, in lipu tenpo‎^[2], number (nanpa) ma, page 7:

     sitelen pi ma ale la, ma Antateka li suli tawa lukin; taso, ni li powe lili. ma Mewika seli la, ona li lili; taso, ma Elopa la, ona li suli.

     On a world map, Antarctica looks big, but this is a bit deceiving. Compared to North America, it is small, but compared to Europe, it is big.