Appendix:Toki Pona/pu

Toki Pona

Glyph origin

sitelen pona
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sitelen sitelen

• sitelen pona: The front cover of Toki Pona: The Language of Good, or lipu + toki pona.

Etymology

Uncertain. Suggestions include English book, and Mandarin 樸 / 朴 (pǔ, literally “unworked wood”). Coined by Sonja Lang as of 2009.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pu/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -u

Adjective

pu

1. interacting with Toki Pona: The Language of Good, a book that presents and teaches the initial completed form of Toki Pona, first published in English by Sonja Lang in 2014
   1. (especially of a word or manner of speech) included or attested in Toki Pona: The Language of Good
2. (rare) official

Verb

pu

1. (intransitive) to read, or otherwise interact with, Toki Pona: The Language of Good
   • 2014 May 25, Sonja Lang, “Preface”, in Toki Pona: The Language of Good, page 7:

     sina pu a!

     You’re holding the Toki Pona book!

Noun

pu

1. interaction with Toki Pona: The Language of Good

Proper noun

pu

1. (informal) the book Toki Pona: The Language of Good itself

   Synonym: lipu pu

Coordinate terms

• ku