Appendix:Toki Pona/kokosila

Toki Pona

kokosila in sitelen pona

Glyph origin

The sitelen pona glyph represents the glyph for toki with a slash through the middle of it.

Etymology

From Esperanto krokodili (“to speak a non-Esperanto language among Esperanto speakers”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkokosila/

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Verb

kokosila

1. (rare, sometimes humorous, transitive, intransitive) to speak a language other than Toki Pona in an environment where Toki Pona is more appropriate

   Synonym: toki pona ala

   Antonym: toki pona taso

Usage notes

• This word was created by the Toki Pona community after the publication of Sonja Lang's book Toki Pona: The Language of Good (2014). It has since been recognized as essential vocabulary (nimi ku suli) by Lang in her 2021 publication The Toki Pona Dictionary.

• According to Linku, this word is classified as "uncommon", being used by 31% of respondents in a poll from August 2023.