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The word {{tp|tokana}} is derived from {{w|Tongan}} ''{{lang|to|tokanga}}'', meaning "attention, focus". It was coined by jan Sojapoja in 2020.<ref name="hist">{{cite Discord|url=https://discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/301378960468738050/1030342544397180958|channel=pana-sona|server=ma pona pi toki pona|author=jan Lakuse, "|username=raacz106|access-date=2024-01-16}}<blockquote>it was actually made exclusively by sojapoja to mean 'concentrate' by every sense of the word<br/>you could technically use tokana to describe a television's pixel resolution. that was the idea i think<br/>but it also means to focus<br/>it's only ever really been used in this space in jest. it's also a preverb"<br/blockquote>(2022-10-13) ''ma pona pi toki pona #pana-sona'' https://discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/301378960468738050/1030342544397180958</ref>

The [[semantic space]] of {{tp|tokana}} includes focus, detail, and attention.<ref>{{cite Discord|author=jan Tepo, "|username=tbodt|quote=tawa mi la nimi tokana li ni: [ijo] li wile pali e ijo la ona li mu e ni lon open pi nimi pali" (|date=2022-05-04) ''|server=ma pona pi toki pona #|channel=tomo-toki |url=https://discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/851665652452556840/971544488738709584|access-date=2024-01-16}}</ref> It describes "any kind of concentrated matter."<ref>{{cite Discord|author=jan Lakuse, "|username=raacz106|qupte=it's for any kind of concentrated matter" (|date=2021-09-02) ''|server=ma pona pi toki pona #|channel=sona-musi'' |url=https://discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/375591429608570881/883051283911700480|access-date=2024-01-16}}</ref> It can also be a preverb.<ref name="hist" /><ref>{{cite Discord|author=jan Lakuse, "|username=raacz106|date=2020-09-05|quote=the word 'tokana' has been proposed as a potentially preverb for 'to focus on'" (2020-09-05) ''|server=ma pona pi toki pona |channel=#sona-musi'' |url=https://discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/375591429608570881/751939362304032819|access-date=2024-01-16}}</ref>

|mi kama kute e toki uta tan insa, li ken ala tokana.<ref>{{cite Discord|user=jan Lakuse|date=2020-10-21|username=raacz106|server=ma pona pi toki pona|channel=jaki|url=

|I begin to hear voices, and I can't concentrate.<ref>jan Lakuse, "jan olin o" (2020-10-21) ''ma pona pi toki pona'' https://discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/316066233755631616/768461982969626625 https://discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/316066233755631616/768460832832749619|access-date=2024-01-16}}</ref>

|o tokana<br>aaa<ref>{{cite Discord|author=jan Lakuse, Messsage (|user=raacz106|date=2022-04-23) ''|server=ma pona pi toki pona #|channel=tomo-toki'' |url=https://discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/851665652452556840/967573136579104798|access-date=2024-01-16}}</ref>

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