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'''Idioms''' are very rare in [[Toki Pona]] due to the focus on clear speech.

 

One early idiom is {{tp|jo e luka mute}} ({{lit|to have many arms}}), meaning "to be complicated". At the time of this idiom's coinage, {{tp|[[luka]]}} was the highest-value [[number word]], so big numbers would have many repetitions of {{tp|luka}}.<ref>{{tok|[[jan Sonja]]}} (21 May 2002). "[http://forums.tokipona.org/viewtopic.php?p=54 Compounds]". ''Toki Pona Forums''. Retrieved 12 October 2023.</ref><ref>{{cite Discord|name={{tok|[[jan Sonja]]}}|username=sonjalang|url=https://discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/375591429608570881/1042502204403228702|server={{tp|ma pona pi toki pona}}|channel=sona-musi|quote={{tok|luka}} was the highest number at the time, so big numbers were like {{tok|luka luka luka luka luka luka luka wan}}[.] hence the idiom, {{tok|ona li jo e luka mute}}, it is complicated|retrieved=12 October 2023}}</ref>

 

 

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