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==Etymology==
[[File:Booba-Kiki.svg|thumb|250px|This picture is used to demonstrate the {{w|bouba/kiki effect}}. When givenasked to assign the names "kiki" and "bouba" to these shapes, many people tend to label the shape on the left "kiki".]]
 
The word {{tp|kiki}} is derived from a {{w|nonsense word}} created for the 2001 psychological study by {{w|V. S. Ramachandran}} and Edward Hubbard on {{w|sound symbolism}}, named the {{w|bouba/kiki effect}}.<ref>Ramachandran, V.S. & Hubbard, E.M. (2001). [https://web.archive.org/web/20110813064348/http://cbc.ucsd.edu/pdf/Synaesthesia%20-%20JCS.pdf "Synaesthesia: A window into perception, thought and language"] (PDF). ''Journal of Consciousness Studies''. '''8''' (12): 3–34. Archived from [http://cbc.ucsd.edu/pdf/Synaesthesia%20-%20JCS.pdf the original] (PDF) on 13 September 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2023.</ref> The word in Toki Pona was coined by {{tok|akesi kon Nalasuni}} in 2020.<ref>{{cite Discord|url=https://discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/375591429608570881/754522055109771435|name={{tok|akesi kon Nalasuni}}|username=nalathnidragon|channel={{tok|sona-musi}}|server={{tp|ma pona pi toki pona}}|access-date=2024-01-28|quote=has anyone proposed "{{tok|kiki}}" to mean "a spiky shape" yet}}</ref><ref>{{cite ku|24}}</ref>
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=={{tp|sitelen pona}}==
The most common {{tp|[[sitelen pona]]}} ({{sps|kiki}}) glyph for {{tp|kiki}} represents a spiky figure, which may be drawn flexibly. Other variations include a pentagon<!-- ({{sp|kiki2kiki}}) -->,is a triangle<!-- ({{sp|kiki3}}) -->closed, andjagged twostarburst trianglesshape. insideLike onethe another<!--glyphs ({{sp|kiki4}}) -->, inspired by the wordsfor {{tp|[[sikejaki]]}} and {{tp|[[lekoko]]}}, it can be drawn flexibly as any spiky, many-pointed-star-like shape.
 
Other glyphs for {{tp|kiki}} variations include a pentagon ({{sps|kiki2|font="sitelen seli kiwen asuki"}}) or triangle ({{sps|kiki3|font="sitelen seli kiwen asuki"}}) with pinched corners, and two concentric triangles ({{sps|kiki4|font="sitelen seli kiwen asuki"}}), inspired by the glyphs for {{tp|[[sike]]}} and {{tp|[[leko]]}}.
 
==References==
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