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I'm looking at the etymology of some of the words to get to the heart of meaning. From what I can gather.... Pakala seems to be a transliteration of a Finnish word parantaa and ala what about changing the word pakala to paka. with paka ala to mean what pakala means now. paka v. to mend, fix, repair,...

jan Nikole o, toki! we have a word for "fix, repair, heal". It is "pona: ...pona adjective: good, simple, positive, nice, correct, right ...pona adverb: good, simple, positive, nice, correct, right pona! interjection: great! good! thanks! OK! cool! yay! pona noun: good, simplicity, p...

wawa as an intensifier?

tawa wawa

Numbers with : before a word

tu: soweli


Numbers

Sike =10

I’ve seen sike as 10

I have been exploring Toki Pona and have found things that make me think of it as more than coincidence. Syllabic meanings. Toki Pona is comprised up of various cv(n) morphemes If you look at every word with ‘ki’ in it, all those words have similar meanings. This means that ‘ki’ possibly has meaning...

jan sona sijelo doctor, physician jan pi pona sijelo good doctor, healer jo e pilin pona to have positive feelings, be mentally healthy jo e sijelo pona to be (physically) healthy pilin pona li pana e sijelo pona. Positive feelings grant good health. Mind over matter. tomo pi pona sijelo hospital P...