Nonstandard color words
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This is a list of nonstandard color words. Many speakers coin new words to fill the perceived gaps in Toki Pona's core color system.
Rare nonstandard color words
kapesi
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| Pronunciation | /ˈka |
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| Usage | 2023: Obscure4, Rare6 (19% ↗︎ ) Most speakers don't use this word.2022: Rare (14%)
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| Book and era | nimi ku lili (pre-pu) |
| Part of speech | Content word |
kapesi is an obscure, pre-pu nimi ku lili for brown and gray.[1] It is derived from either Cantonese 咖啡色 (gaa3 fe1 sik1) or Mandarin 咖啡色 (kāfēisè), meaning "brown" (literally, "coffee color"). It was found in the original dictionary of the language from March 2002,[2] but had been removed from the word list by June of the same year.[3]
jan li wile pali e ni2 kili-lili kapesi li pana ala e kon ike.jan li wile pali e ni: kili lili kapesi li pana ala e kon ike.[4]
People want to cause this: small brown fruits (beans) don't give bad gas.
In practice, kapesi is more commonly used for browns than grays, because browns are usually hard to describe with pu words, while grays can easily be described as pimeja walo ("light black") or walo pimeja ("dark white"). One possible alternative to kapesi is kule ma ("earth color").
The sitelen pona glyph for kapesi (kapesi) is derived from the color triangle radical and the word ma ("dirt, soil").
The sitelen sitelen glyph for kapesi was designed by jan Alonola for a poem in lipu tenpo nanpa walo and is possibly derived from the sitelen pona glyph and the base of other color words.[5]
unu
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| Pronunciation | /ˈu |
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| Usage | 2023: Obscure4, Rare6 (16% ↗︎ ) Most speakers don't use this word.2022: Rare (12%)
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| Book and era | nimi ku lili (post-pu) |
| Part of speech | Content word |
unu is a an obscure, post-pu nimi ku lili for purple and purple–adjacent colors, including violets, and sometimes magentas and indigos.[6] It was coined by jan Sonja in 2020 and is derived from Indonesian ungu.[7] Possible alternatives to unu include loje laso and laso loje.
Obscure nonstandard color words
nalanja
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| Pronunciation | /ˈna |
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| Usage | 2023: Obscure (3% ↗︎ ) Most speakers don't understand this word.2022: Obscure (1%)
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| Book and era | No book (post-ku) |
| Part of speech | Content word |
nalanja is an obscure word and nimi sin for orange and similar colors. It was derived from Spanish naranja, meaning "orange". Similar words include analanjato, jole, and lejo. Possible alternatives to nalanja include jelo loje and loje jelo.
There are several sitelen pona glyph for nalanja. The main glyph (nalanja) is composed of glyph for kili above the color triangle radical. Other variations include the following glyphs:
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Glyph with upper semicircle above color radical, used in sitelen seli kiwen until December 2023
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Glyph combining features of loje and jelo, proposed by tonsi Losi
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Glyph with seli above color radical
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Glyph with emitters above color radical, proposed by ma Seli
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Glyph with kili above color radical, drawn by kili Pami
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Glyph with two concentric circles divided into 8 sectors
In an article for lipu tenpo nanpa sewi, kapesi Pake advocated for the glyph composed of glyph for kili and the color radical.
peta
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| Pronunciation | /ˈpe |
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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 |
peta is an obscure word and nimi sin for green and green–adjacent colors, differentiating them from laso ("blue~green"), as well as meanings related to verdancy, liveliness, and eco-friendliness.[8] It was coined by kili Tesa in 2019, and is derived from Esperanto verda, meaning "green".
The sitelen sitelen glyph for kapesi was designed by jan Alonola for a poem in lipu tenpo nanpa walo.[9]
Systems for color blindness
uka–kelo system
| Pronunciation | /ˈu |
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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 |
| Pronunciation | /ˈke |
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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 |
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The uka–kelo system is an experimental alternative color system created by soweli Kina to match deuteranopic vision and, by extension, Protanopic vision.[10] uka covers the red–green range, and is derived from the words uta and kasi. kelo covers the blue–purple range, and is derived from the words kule and telo.[11]
sunta–kewe system
The sunta–kewe system is an experimental alternative color system coined by namako Kolisin in 2024 for tritanopia. sunta covers the red range and is derived from suno and uta, and kewe covers the blue range and is derived from kule and sewi.[12]
References
- ↑ Lang, Sonja. (18 July 2021). Toki Pona Dictionary. Illustrated by Vacon Sartirani. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292362. p. 242.
- ↑ Sonja Lang. (6 July 2001). "Toki Pona Word List". jan Pije's site. Archived from the original on 11 March 2007.
- ↑ Sonja Lang. (1 June 2002). "Toki Pona Word List". tokipona.org. Archived from the original on 7 June 2002.
- ↑ Sonja Lang. (24 May 2002). "seme li sin lon ma?". Toki Pona Forums. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ↑ kulupu pi lipu tenpo (1 February 2022). lipu tenpo nanpa walo (in Toki Pona). lipu tenpo.
- ↑ Lang, Sonja. (18 July 2021). Toki Pona Dictionary. Illustrated by Vacon Sartirani. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292362. p. 382.
- ↑ jan Sonja [@sonjalang]. (23 December 2020). [Message posted in the
#toki-ponachannel in the ma pona pi toki pona Discord server]. Discord. "ken la nimi sin li unu tan nimi ungu pi toki Intonesija". - ↑ kili Tesa [@jezzzzzzzzzz]. (9 November 2019). [Message posted in the
#pana-sonachannel in the ma pona pi toki pona Discord server]. Discord. - ↑ kulupu pi lipu tenpo (1 February 2022). lipu tenpo nanpa walo (in Toki Pona). lipu tenpo.
- ↑ ma pona pi toki pona community; jan Pensa (compiler). (22 September 2021). "... usefulquotes". Google Docs. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ↑ soweli Kina [@neonpixii]. (12 September 2021). [Message posted in the
#sona-musichannel in the ma pona pi toki pona Discord server]. Discord. Retrieved 23 March 2024. - ↑ namako Kolisin [@cosmicpython23]. (21 March 2024). [Message posted in the
#sona-musichannel in the ma pona pi toki pona Discord server]. Discord. Retrieved 23 March 2024.as for tritanopia, I think something like this can work:
:nimisin: sunta — tritanopic color grouping, roughly seen as reds, pinks, and magentas, and roughly covers the perception of the wide range from warm violet, red, orange, and yellow
<- toki pona suno + uta
:nimisin: kewe — tritanopic color grouping, roughly seen as cyan, and roughly covers the perception of the range from green, blue, and cool violet
<- toki pona kule + sewi