Appendix:Toki Pona/kijetesantakalu

Toki Pona

Alternative forms

• kijete (rare)
• kije (rare)

Glyph origin

sitelen pona
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sitelen sitelen

• sitelen pona: A raccoon sitting down. The glyph was designed by James Flear in 2019, the winner of a design contest for the font linja pona. Compare soweli and waso.

Etymology

From Finnish kierteishäntäkarhu (“kinkajou”), from kierteinen (“helical”) + häntä (“tail”) + karhu (“bear”). Coined by Sonja Lang in 2009 as an April Fools' Day joke.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkijetesantakalu/, [ˈkijetesanˌtakalu], [ˈkijeteˌsantakalu]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ki‧je‧te‧san‧ta‧ka‧lu

Noun

kijetesantakalu

kijetesantakalu

1. (sometimes humorous) raccoon or other procyonid, such as a coati, kinkajou, olingo, ringtail, or cacomistle
   • 2021, Sonja Lang, Toki Pona Dictionary, →ISBN:

     kijetesantakalu tonsi li lanpan ala lanpan e soko?

     Does the non-binary procyonid steal mushrooms?

2. musteloid, such as a ferret, weasel, otter, or red panda
3. an animal that resembles a procyonid, such as a lemur, raccoon dog, or Sinosauropteryx

Adjective

kijetesantakalu

1. (relational) raccoon, procyonid

Verb

kijetesantakalu

1. (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, which along with the animals listed above also includes weasels, otters, red pandas, skunks, and related species.

• 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.

• Due to the word's length, it is often pronounced with secondary stress, most commonly [ˈkijetesanˌtakalu], but also frequently [ˈkijeteˌsantakalu].

• According to Linku, this word is classified as "widespread", being used by 75% of respondents in a poll from August 2023.

• In most contexts the word primarily refers to raccoons.