Contionary:Toki Pona/ike

Toki Pona

tok:

Glyph origin

• tok ("sitelen pona") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"): A closed frowning mouth. By analogy to, and mirror image of, tok ("pona") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}").

Etymology

Template:Etymon From Finnish ilkeä (“bad, evil”). Resemblance to en ("icky") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}") is purely coincidental.

Adjective

Toki Pona/ike

1. bad
   • 2025 February 28, kije Weku, “lipu Kojo en linluwi majuna”, in lipu tenpo‎^[1], number (nanpa) tenpo, page 7:

     tenpo ni la linluwi majuna li kama suli tan ni: jan mute li pilin ike tawa linluwi sin.

     Now, the old internet is becoming important because many people feel bad about the new internet.

2. wrong, evil, mean
3. harmful, unhealthy, nasty

   Synonym: jaki

4. unneeded, irrelevant, unnecessary
5. conflicting with the philosophy of Toki Pona; overly complex, especially to its detriment

Emotions

Noun

Toki Pona/ike

1. badness, evil
2. bad state or condition
3. problem, issue, error
4. negativity

Verb

Toki Pona/ike

1. (intransitive) to be bad, to suck
2. (transitive) to make bad or worse, to worsen
3. (transitive) to make overly complex

Interjection

Toki Pona/ike

1. oh no, oh dear
2. woe, alas

Antonyms

• pona

References

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

Further reading

• Template:Tok-interwikt