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Appendix:Toki Pona/kiki

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Toki Pona

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Glyph origin

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sitelen pona
sitelen sitelen File:Kiki - sitelen sitelen word symbol drawn by Jonathan Gabel.jpg

The main glyph represents a pointy shape derived from the image used on the bouba/kiki effect study. The alternative is derived analogously with the words sike and leko.

Etymology

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From the nonce word kiki, from the 2001 study which coined the bouba/kiki effect conducted by V. S. Ramachandran and Edward Hubbard.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkiki/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ki‧ki

Adjective

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kiki

  1. sharp or pointy
    • 2022 October 6, kulupu lintukamakaki, “kasi kiki”, in mun monsuta[1], archived from the original on 2022-10-07, page 30:
      kasi kiki mute li lon poka nasin ale lon ma kasi.
      There are many thorny bushes next to the paths in the forest.

Noun

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kiki

  1. that which is sharp or pointy; for example, a spike, angle, point

Verb

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kiki

  1. (intransitive, transitive) to be or make sharp or pointy
    • 2021 August 2, kili Melon, “ma li tawa la jan o seme”, in lipu tenpo[2], number 6, →ISSN, page 7:
      o weka tan kiwen pi kule ala. ona li pakala la ona li kiki li ken pakala e sina.
      Stay away from glass. If it breaks, it is sharp and can hurt you.

Usage notes

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  • According to Linku, this word is classified as "uncommon", being used by 29% of respondents in a poll from August 2023.