Contionary:Toki Pona/toki

Toki Pona

Glyph origin

• tok ("sitelen pona") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"): From the outer shapes of tok ("toki pona") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"). By surface analysis, tok ("ijo") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}") + emitters; compare tok ("kalama") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"), tok ("pana") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"), tok ("seli") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"), tok ("sona") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}").

Etymology

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Noun

Toki Pona/toki

1. language, speech, communication

Adjective

Toki Pona/toki

1. speaking, verbal

Verb

Toki Pona/toki

1. to say, speak, communicate, use language
   • 2025 February 28, jan Ke Tami, “kala li ken ala ken waso?”, in lipu tenpo‎^[1], number (nanpa) tenpo, archived from the original on 25 April 2025, page 4:

     pini la, kulupu li ken toki e nasin ona pi nimi ni.

     After all, the group can discuss its approach to this word.

2. to think

   Synonym: pilin

Interjection

Toki Pona/toki

1. hello, hi

   Antonyms: () mi tawa, () tawa pona

References

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

Further reading

• Template:R:tok:LL

Linguistics