Contionary:Toki Pona/kijetesantakalu
Toki Pona
Alternative forms
Glyph origin
- tok ("sitelen pona") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"): A raccoon sitting down. The glyph was designed by James Flear in 2019, the winner of a design contest for the font linja pona.[1] Compare tok ("soweli") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}") and tok ("waso") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}").
Etymology
Template:Etymon From , itself from fi ("kierteinen") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}") + fi ("häntä") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}") + fi ("karhu") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"). Template:Coined as an April Fools' Day joke.
Pronunciation
Noun
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- (sometimes humorous) raccoon or other musteloid, such as a striped skunk, red panda, weasel, or kinkajou
- 2021, Sonja Lang, Toki Pona Dictionary, →ISBN:
- kijetesantakalu tonsi li lanpan ala lanpan e soko?
- Does the non-binary procyonid steal mushrooms?
- an animal that resembles a procyonid, such as a lemur, raccoon dog, or Sinosauropteryx
Adjective
Verb
- (transitive, intransitive) to be or turn into a raccoon or procyonid
Usage notes
- This word was first created as an April Fool's joke in 2009, with the definition "any animal from the Procyonidae family, such as raccoons, coatis, kinkajous, olingos, ringtails and cacomistles." It has since become common to define it more broadly as any animal from the Musteloidea superfamily.
- This broader definition was acknowledged by Lang, and the word has since been recognized as essential vocabulary (nimi ku suli) by Lang in her 2021 publication The Toki Pona Dictionary.[1]
- Due to the word's length, it is often pronounced with secondary stress, most commonly Template:IPAfont, but also frequently Template:IPAfont.
- In most contexts the word primarily refers to raccoons.