Contionary:Toki Pona/kin

Toki Pona

Glyph origin

Template:Tok-sitelen The sitelen pona glyph is a combination of the exclamation mark with an asterisk. Compare tok ("a") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"), tok ("n") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"), tok ("o") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}").

Adjective

Toki Pona/kin

1. also, too, as well
2. indeed, really
3. (pu, dated sense) alternative form of a

   mi moku kin a. ― I have eaten as well.

Particle

Toki Pona/kin

1. (sentence-initial, sometimes used before tok ("la") → [[:Contionary:{{{3}}}#Toki_Pona|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}")) also, additionally
2. (pu, dated sense) alternative form of a

Interjection

Toki Pona/kin

1. me too
2. indeed, really
3. (pu, dated sense) alternative form of a

Usage notes

• In Sonja Lang's book Toki Pona: The Language of Good (2014), kin is presented as a synonym of tok ("a") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"), alongside tok ("namako") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}") (for tok ("sin") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}")) and tok ("oko") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}") (for tok ("lukin") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}")). The book Toki Pona Dictionary (2021) notes that the community uses these words differently both before as well as after the publication of Toki Pona: The Language of Good.

References

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

Further reading

• Template:Tok-interwikt