"something's hind leg"? 'palisa noka' would be standard, I suppose (I don't think the issue has come up)
"knee" is 'insa noka' (this has come up).
But poetry can get away with quite a bit.
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- Fri Oct 18, 2013 8:26 am
- Forum: musi
- Topic: head, shoulders, knees and toes
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4050
- Fri Oct 18, 2013 10:48 am
- Forum: sona pona
- Topic: ilo tawa pi sike wan
- Replies: 9
- Views: 16700
Re: ilo tawa pi sike wan
Ilo tawa li lukin kepeken nasi seme? Ilo li Jo e oko ala? ken la sina pilin e ni: tawa pi Lon ilo tawa pi sike wan li musi.
Kin la tomo li poka tawa tomo sina anu seme?
Kin la tomo li poka tawa tomo sina anu seme?
- Sun Oct 20, 2013 5:42 pm
- Forum: sona pona
- Topic: Can you guess what famous pop culture incantation this is?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 8657
Re: Can you guess what famous pop culture incantation this i
Guess I have lost contact with pop culture, but the translation is pretty clear.
- Sun Oct 20, 2013 5:47 pm
- Forum: sona pona
- Topic: monsuta moli
- Replies: 22
- Views: 85604
Re: monsuta moli
Need something after 'ni' too.
- Tue Oct 22, 2013 9:08 am
- Forum: kama sona toki
- Topic: Use of 'kepeken'?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2578
Re: Use of 'kepeken'?
Correct and probably a useful way to put it.
- Mon Nov 18, 2013 8:29 am
- Forum: jan pi toki pona
- Topic: Second Life tp community active or not?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5921
Re: Second Life tp community active or not?
Don't need 'pi' with 'nanpa tu'.
- Mon Nov 18, 2013 8:32 am
- Forum: kama sona toki
- Topic: Use of 'mute' with 'seme'?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2409
Re: Use of 'mute' with 'seme'?
Without 'pi' it means "which multitude of people", so, yes you need 'pi'.
- Mon Nov 18, 2013 8:35 am
- Forum: sona pona
- Topic: kulupu en toki
- Replies: 2
- Views: 11156
Re: kulupu en toki
Kulupu toki li Lon sewi seme?
- Mon Nov 18, 2013 8:41 am
- Forum: musi
- Topic: Translation challenges game - o toki e ni kepeken toki pona
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4068
Re: Translation challenges game - o toki e ni kepeken toki p
'unpa' is officially not offensive, etc. I suppose you just want to forbid sexual content, which cuts down on the jokes a lot.
- Thu Nov 21, 2013 9:58 am
- Forum: jan pi toki pona
- Topic: kulupu pi ilo Skype pi toki pona li toki ala toki?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3621
Re: kulupu pi ilo Skype pi toki pona li toki ala toki?
Ala. especially, alas, with folks half a day out of phase.