Nonstandard animal words
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This is a list of nonstandard animal words. Many of these are only for fun and not meant for serious use.
api
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| Pronunciation | /ˈa |
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| Usage | 2023: Not notable (0% → ) Most speakers don't understand this word.2022: Obscure (0%)
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| Book and era | No book |
| Part of speech | Content word |
api is a marginal post-pu word for bees.
The word api is derived from Latin apis, meaning "bee", and whence English apian. api was coined by heav "immediately upon joining [ma pona pi toki pona] and learning about toki pona",[1] presumably on 17 March 2021.[2]
api has several variant sitelen pona glyphs, all depicting a bee. They were designed by waso Keli, with help from jan Juwan and nanpa Tonpite, in 2024.
- api api2 api3 api4
asu
| Pronunciation | /ˈa |
|---|---|
| Usage | 2023: N/A This word has not been surveyed for. Most speakers likely don't understand it.
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| Book and era | No book |
| Part of speech | Content word |
asu is a marginal post-pu word for moths, most notably listed on the ... usefulquotes document. It is derived from Hausa asu, meaning "moth", and was coined by motan on 20 August 2021.[3]
kisa
| Pronunciation | /ˈki |
|---|---|
| Usage | 2023: Obscure (4% ↗︎ ) Most speakers don't understand this word.2022: Obscure (1%)
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| Book and era | No book (post-pu) |
| Part of speech | Content word |
kisa is an obscure joke word relating to cats. It was coined by kala Asi in 2021 and is derived from Russian киса (kisa).[4]
kolo
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| Pronunciation | /ˈko |
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| Usage | 2023: N/A This word has not been surveyed for. Most speakers likely don't understand it.
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| Book and era | No book |
| Part of speech | Content word |
kolo is a marginal post-ku word for pigs, most notably listed on the ... usefulquotes document.
Etymology
The word kolo is derived from several languages, including Swahili guruwe, Zulu ingulube, Kongo ngulu, Spanish guarro and gorrino, Japanese ゴロゴロ (gorogoro), and English grunt. kolo was coined by soweli pi loje walo on 1 October 2021, originally as koro[5] but changed to fit Toki Pona phonology shortly after.[6]
sitelen pona
The sitelen pona glyph for kolo (kolo) depicts a pig, viewed in profile.[7] In the original glyph, the pig is seated, with the legs matching those of the glyph for kijetesantakalu, and the outline is also broken at the tip of the ear. kolo was added to the Fairfax and sitelen seli kiwen fonts in February 2024. There, it is redrawn in an upright position with a full outline, a mouth, and a curly tail. In both versions of the glyph, only one eye dot is drawn, unusually for animal words.
misa
| Pronunciation | /ˈmi |
|---|---|
| Usage | 2023: Obscure4, Rare6 (13% ↗︎ ) Most speakers don't use this word.2022: Rare (10%)
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| Book and era | nimi ku lili (post-pu) |
| Part of speech | Content word |
misa is an obscure word and nimi ku lili relating to the families Glires, which include rodents, squirrels, and rabbits; and Eulipotyphla, which includes moles, hedgehogs, and shrews. Capybaras may described as misa suli ("large rodent"). It was coined by misa Ewis in 2021 and is derived from Ukrainian мишка (myška), diminutive of миша (myša), meaning "mouse".[8]
The sitelen pona glyph for misa (misa) represents a mouse facing towards the right. There are many variations of the glyph, optionally adding ears (rounded or pointed) and legs. It was designed by kulupu kasi in 2021, with workshopping from misa Ewis, ilo Sasi.[9]
- misa misa2 misa3 misa4 misa5 misa6
molusa
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| Pronunciation | /ˈmo |
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| Usage | 2023: Obscure (4% ↗︎ ) Most speakers don't understand this word.2022: Obscure (3%)This word is deprecated.
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| Book and era | No book (post-ku) |
| Part of speech | Content word |
molusa (molusa) is an obscure word relating to molluscs, such as snails, slugs, squids, octopi, and cuttlefish. It was coined by soweli Mokapen in 2021 and is derived from English mollusc, itself from Latin mollusca.[10] It is deprecated as of 2023.
opasan
opasan is a joke word relating to opossums, but also means "talented, brilliant, incredible, amazing, show stopping, spectacular, never the same, completely not ever been done before, totally unique, very very gay". The word was derived from English opossum.[11][12]
poni
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| Pronunciation | /ˈpo |
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| Usage | 2023: Obscure (2% ↗︎ ) Most speakers don't understand this word.2022: Obscure (1%)
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| Book and era | No book (post-pu) |
| Part of speech | Content word |
poni is an obscure word relating to ponies, mainly used as a replacement for jan for My Little Pony characters, who make substitutions like "everypony" for "everybody" in English media. It was coined by jan Kita in 2020.[13]
silapa
silapa, also written in one line as si\i\ilapa, is a joke word referring to giraffes. It was coined by jan Kita in 2021 to "make life even harder for sitelen pona font makers by introducing a vertically extendable glyph".[14] The word can be extended vertically by extending the i (or originally by extending the a) as shown in the example below (in the Latin script):
silapa mi li lape.taso ona li pini e lape la mi en si
i
i
ilapa mi li tawa
sipije
This words refers to the Autism Creature (aka Yipee) and exists in some other spelling variations.[citation needed]
sisi
Any camelid, referring to Jiji from the video game Baba Is You.[citation needed]
snoweli
| Pronunciation | /ˈsno.we.li/ |
|---|---|
| Usage | 2023: N/A This word has not been surveyed for. Most speakers likely don't understand it.
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| Book and era | No book |
| Part of speech | Content word |
snoweli (snoweli) is a nimi sin derived from a blend of English snow(man) and soweli. It breaks Toki Pona phonotactics due to the consonant cluster sn-.
sowoli
| Pronunciation | /ˈso |
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| Usage | 2023: N/A This word has not been surveyed for. Most speakers likely don't understand it.
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| Book and era | No book |
| Part of speech | Content word |
sowoli (sowoli) is a nimi sin derived from a blend of soweli and the emoticon OwO. It breaks Toki Pona phonotactics due to the syllable wo.
sutopatikuna
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| Pronunciation | /ˈsu |
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| Usage | 2023: Obscure (8% ↗︎ ) Most speakers don't understand this word.2022: Obscure (7%)
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| Book and era | nimi ku lili (pre-pu, marginal phonology) |
| Part of speech | Content word |
sutopatikuna is an obscure joke word with marginal phonology relating to platypuses (Ornithorhynchus anatinus). It is derived from Croatian čudnovati kljunaš, literally meaning "strange beak". It was coined by Alexandre Baudry as an April Fools' joke in 2009.[15] It breaks Toki Pona phonotactics due to the syllable ti.
wasoweli
| Pronunciation | /ˈwa |
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| Usage | 2023: Obscure (6% ↗︎ ) Most speakers don't understand this word.2022: Obscure (3%)
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| Book and era | nimi ku lili (post-pu) |
| Part of speech | Content word |
wasoweli is an obscure word and nimi ku lili relating to animals with characteristics similar to both birds (waso) and land creatures (soweli). Some examples include bats, emus, ostriches, and penguins.[16]
-isa family
The -isa family is a group of words with the ending -isa or similar endings, derived in a similar fashion to the word misa. It consists of mostly joke words (with the exception of misa itself). The list of words is as follows:
- kisa — cat (coined by kala Asi)
- isa – holdable fluffy animal (coined by jan Kita)
- kamosa – duck (coined by jan kijeto)
- kosa – goat (coined by jan Kita)
- lisa — fox (coined by jan Kita)
- pelusa – plushie (coined by jan Kita)
- usa — rabbit (coined by jan Alu)
- wisa — dog (coined by kapesi Pake)
Words for "dog"
There are several words for "dog" created on separate occasions[citation needed…].
- wisa (part of the -isa family)
- tasun as well as stretched versions of the word (usually by writing it with more than one "a") - this word refers specifically to dachshunds, known for their long bodies, as a challenge to any fontmaker to include the word in all its stretchy variations
- pela, in reference to Chomsky rejecting Sacha Baron Cohen's suggestion that "pela" can be a word for "dog" in a language
- kina for any canines
- matula for canines
- lupelo by jan jepi Tesamo[17]
See also
References
- ↑ [@heav_]. (9 April 2021). [Message posted in the
#pana-sonachannel in the ma pona pi toki pona Discord server]. Discord. Retrieved 7 February 2024. "i created it almost immediately upon joining this server and learning about toki pona". - ↑ [@heav_]. (17 March 2021). [Message posted in the
#toki-ponachannel in the ma pona pi toki pona Discord server]. Discord. Retrieved 7 February 2024. - ↑ [@motan.]. (20 August 2021). [Message posted in the
#jakichannel in the ma pona pi toki pona Discord server]. Discord. Retrieved 6 February 2024. - ↑ kala Asi [@kala_asi]. (23 April 2021). [Message posted in the
#ijo-antechannel in the ma pona pi toki pona Discord server]. Discord. "kisa - cat <- киса". - ↑ soweli pi loje walo [@Fureddji#2817]. (1 October 2021). [Message posted in the
#jakichannel in the ma pona pi toki pona Discord server]. Discord. Retrieved 4 February 2024... koro A nimisin that means "pig" taken from: Swahili:guruwe Zulu:ingulube, Kongo:ngulu Spanish:guarro,gorrino, Japanese:(gorogoro) English:grunt
- ↑ soweli pi loje walo [@Fureddji#2817]. (1 October 2021). [Message posted in the
#jakichannel in the ma pona pi toki pona Discord server]. Discord. Retrieved 4 February 2024. ".. kolo". - ↑ soweli pi loje walo [@Fureddji#2817]. (1 October 2021). [Message posted in the
#jakichannel in the ma pona pi toki pona Discord server]. Discord. Retrieved 4 February 2024. - ↑ misa Ewis [@eris, back for a bit#9685]. (25 February 2021). [Message posted in the
#jakichannel in the ma pona pi toki pona Discord server]. Discord. - ↑ misa Ewis. (25 February 2021). [Message posted in the
#ijo-antechannel in the ma pona pi toki pona Discord server]. Discord. Retrieved 21 December 2023. - ↑ soweli Mokapen [@thegreatestaspen]. (5 July 2021). [Message posted in the
#toki-ponachannel in the ma pona pi toki pona Discord server]. Discord. "hm i am considering making a nimisin for mollusks, if that isn’t already a thing[.] i was thinking “molu” at first but that could really easily be mistaken for moli or moku, so maybe smth like “molusu” or “molu”". - ↑ [@smoothied]. (21 February 2021). [Message posted in the
#pali-musichannel in the ma pona pi toki pona Discord server]. Discord. - ↑ [@smoothied]. (23 February 2021). [Message posted in the
#jakichannel in the ma pona pi toki pona Discord server]. Discord.opasan – ~post-pu, humorous~ talented, brilliant, incredible, amazing, show stopping, spectacular, never the same, completely not ever been done before, totally unique, very very gay, opossum
← English opossum ← Powhatan ? - ↑ jan Kita [@.hecko]. (7 December 2020). [Message posted in the
#ijo-antechannel in the ma pona pi toki pona Discord server]. Discord. - ↑ jan Kita [@.hecko]. (15 September 2021). [Message posted in the
#linja-sikethread in the#pali-musichannel in the ma pona pi toki pona Discord server]. Discord. ":nimisin: silapa – giraffe; to make life even harder for sitelen pona font makers by introducing a vertically extendable glyph". - ↑ Baudry, Alexandre (1 April 2009). "RE: New official word / Nova oficiala vorto". "Dear Sonja, That's a great idea, but if you do so, you need also to add a special word for the Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus). I would suggest the word "sutopatikuna" from the croatian word [č]udnovati kljuna¹. […]". Toki Pona Forums. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ↑ Lang, Sonja. (18 July 2021). Toki Pona Dictionary. Illustrated by Vacon Sartirani. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292362. p. 385. "wasoweli pimeja walo penguin".
- ↑ jan jepi Tesamo (27 August 2023). nimi sin tawa “dog and canines” lon toki pona. kulupu lipu pona.