Appendix:Toki Pona/kokosila

Toki Pona

Glyph origin

sitelen pona
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sitelen sitelen

• sitelen pona: From toki and the slash mark, creating a no symbol.

Etymology

From Esperanto krokodili (“to speak a non-Esperanto language among Esperanto speakers”). Coined by Sonja Lang in 2020.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkokosila/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ko‧ko‧si‧la

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 "obscure", being used by 26% of respondents in a poll from October 2024.