Contionary:Toki Pona/ma

Toki Pona

tok:

Glyph origin

• tok ("sitelen pona") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"): From 🜨, the astronomical symbol for Earth.

Noun

Toki Pona/ma

1. land; earth; ground; soil
2. the outdoors
3. a world or place, especially a terrestrial one
   • 2021 March 1, jan Alonola, jan Lentan, “ma li kama seli [The Earth becomes hotter]”, in lipu tenpo‎^[1], nanpa mun, page 7:

     tenpo pini mute mute la, jan li pali ala e ma tomo, e ilo wawa.

     A long long time ago, people didn't build cities, and didn't make powered tools.

     (literally, “...place of buildings...”)

   • 2021 July 18, jan Kapilu, “lon ma tomo pi tenpo pini suli”, in Sonja Lang, compiler, Toki Pona Dictionary, page 401:

     lon ma tomo pi jan ala, la kalama pona li lon.

     In the abandoned city, there are good noises.

     (literally, “In the place of buildings of no people, …”)

4. a territory such as a country
   • 2014, Sonja Lang, “Hieroglyphs”, in Toki Pona: The Language of Good, →ISBN, page 111:

     ma Kanata li suli

     Canada is large.

   • 2021 March 1, jan Ke Tami, “ilo tawa li tawa mun loje [Vehicle goes to Mars]”, in lipu tenpo‎^[2], nanpa mun, page 4:

     ilo pi ma Sonko en ilo pi ma Imala (UAE) li tawa mun loje lon open pi tenpo sike mun, li sike e mun loje.

     A probe of China and a probe of the the Emirates (UAE) will travel to Mars at the beginning of the month, and will orbit Mars

Adjective

Toki Pona/ma

1. (relational) land; terrestrial; telluric; national

Verb

Toki Pona/ma

1. (transitive, intransitive) to be or turn into land, such as to reclaim land, compost, or terraform

References

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

Further reading

• Template:Tok-interwikt