List of ma pona pi toki pona slang: Difference between revisions

'''{{tp|lonsi}}''' is a [[joke word]] used in {{tp|ma pona pi toki pona}}, having no set meaning, except for the phrase "lonsi li lonsi."

The earliest mention of the current word {{tp|lonsi}} was in 2023, although there were previous mentions of {{tp|lonsi}} likely unrelated to the current word.<ref>{{cite Discord|url=https://discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/972923278479982592/1138831811984760947|name={{tok|jan Emikili}}|username=jan_emikili|channel={{tok|kama-pona}}|server={{tp|ma pona pi toki pona}}|access-date=2023-12-19}}</ref> It may have originated as a typo{{w|portmateau}} ofbetween the word {{tp|[[tonsi]]}}, or a {{w|portmateau}} between it and {{tp|[[lon]]}} (as an [[interjection]] meaning "true! I agree!"). The word spread through repeated mention of it in the <code>#{{tok|kama-pona}}</code> and <code>#{{tok|toki-pona}}</code> channels, mainly by {{tok|monsuta Kijana}} and {{tok|(a)kasi Aliki}}.