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Unlike most languages, Toki Pona
==Phrases==
Some common phrases have emerged, based on widespread (though not universal) asymmetries:
* {{tp|poka open, poka pini}} - based on the writing direction of {{tp|[[sitelen Lasina]]}}, {{tp|[[sitelen pona]]}}, and {{tp|[[sitelen sitelen]]}}<ref name="lsp">{{tok|jan Lentan}}.
* {{tp|poka pilin, poka pi pilin ala}} -
* {{tp|poka pi luka sitelen, poka pi luka sitelen ala}} - most humans write with their right hands<ref name="lsp" />
===Tailored to the context===
A speaker can refer to landmarks or asymmetries particular to the environment they're in.<ref>lipamanka. [https://lipamanka.gay/essays/direction Direction in toki pona]. ''lipamanka's website''. Retrieved 11 October 2023.</ref>
These don't have to be direct equivalents of "left" and "right". Consider the chess terms "kingside" and "queenside": both players' kings start on the right side from White's point of view, but on the left from Black's, and vice versa for queens. These terms could be emulated in Toki Pona with e.g. {{tp|poka lawa}} (the side of the "head" piece, the most importasnt) and {{tp|poka wawa}} (the side of the most powerful piece).
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The words {{tp|soto}} and {{tp|teje}} are obscure [[content word]]s and {{tp|[[nimi ku lili]]}} meaning "left" and "right", respectively.<ref name="nap-2ed">{{tok|jan inwin}}. [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1t-pjAgZDyKPXcCRnEdATFQOxGbQFMjZm-8EvXiQd2Po/edit?usp=sharing {{tok|nimi ale pona}} (2nd ed.)]. ''Google Sheets''. Retrieved 11 October 2023.</ref> They were coined by {{tok|jan inwin}} as {{tp|soto}} and {{tp|te}} and the latter was modified by {{tok|jan Olipija}}, turning {{tp|te}} into {{tp|teje}}.<ref>{{tok|jan Olipija}} (14 June 2020). [https://discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/337299887869657090/721792374275047444 Message posted on the <code>#{{tok|musi-manka}}</code> channel in the {{tp|ma pona pi toki pona}} Discord server]. ''Discord''.</ref>
The word {{tp|soto}} is derived from {{w|Swahili language|Swahili}} ''{{lang|sw|shoto}}'' "left side", and {{tp|teje}} (and {{tp|te}}) are derived from {{w|Welsh language}} ''{{lang|cy|de}}'' meaning "right side".<ref name="nap-2ed"/>
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