Contionary:Toki Pona/toki pona

Toki Pona

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Glyph origin

• tok ("sitelen pona") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"): From the symbol of Toki Pona. Retrofitted as a combined glyph of the back-formed tok ("toki") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}") and tok ("pona") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}").

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• tok

• Toki Pona-toki pona.ogg

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Noun

Toki Pona/toki pona

1. Toki Pona, a minimalist constructed language designed by Sonja Lang
2. Template:&lit any good or simple speech, such as a pleasant conversation, helpful advice, compliments, blessings, or eloquence.

Verb

Toki Pona/toki pona

1. (transitive, intransitive) to speak or say in Toki Pona

   Antonym: kokosila

   mi ken ala toki pona e ijo la mi sona ala e ijo.

   If I can't express a thing in Toki Pona, I don't understand the thing.

   • 2024 March 20, jan Ke Tami, “lipu sin tan jan Sonja”, in lipu tenpo‎^[1], number (nanpa) kalama, page 3‎^[2]:

     jan Sonja li lili e lipu li toki pona e ijo ale.

     Sonja shortened the book and translated everything to Toki Pona.

Hypernyms

• toki sin

Derived terms

• toki pona luka
• luka pona

Descendants

• English: Toki Pona
• Esperanto: Tokipono

Languages