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Usage	2023: Core (96% ↗︎ )2022: Core (94%)
Book and era	nimi pu
Part of speech	Content word
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Toki Pona: The Language of Good, known in Toki Pona as lipu pu or (less formally) pu,^[1] is the foundational resource of modern Toki Pona. It was written by Sonja Lang, finalizing her work on Toki Pona and recording her style of speaking the language at the time.^[2]^[3] The book was originally published in English in 2014, with several language editions since.

Editions

The English edition of Toki Pona: The Language of Good has been released as a paperback and as an Amazon Kindle e-book. The book has also been translated to several other languages.

Language editions of lipu pu
Year	Language	Title	Contains ku material?	Product listing
2014	English	Toki Pona: The Language of Good	No	0978292308
2016	French	Toki Pona: la langue du bien	No	0978292359
2021	German	Toki Pona: Die Sprache des Guten	Yes	B09MJ8JPV6
2022	Esperanto	Tokipono: La lingvo de bono	Yes	9464376090

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pu

The word pu is defined as "interacting with the official Toki Pona book". This generally refers to words and ways of speaking that are featured in Toki Pona: The Language of Good.

References

↑ Lang, Sonja. (18 July 2021). Toki Pona Dictionary. Illustrated by Vacon Sartirani. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292362. p. 6. See Notes on lipu pu.
Technically, the word pu describes the relationship and interaction between a person (jan pu) and the book (lipu pu). In informal usage, a number of people use pu as a name for the book itself or the variety of Toki Pona presented in it.
↑ Lang, Sonja. (25 May 2014). Toki Pona: The Language of Good. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292300. OCLC 921253340. pp. 7, 62.
↑ Lang, Sonja. (18 July 2021). Toki Pona Dictionary. Illustrated by Vacon Sartirani. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292362. p. 5. See Notes on lipu pu.

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Official website

[1] Lang, Sonja. (18 July 2021). Toki Pona Dictionary. Illustrated by Vacon Sartirani. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292362. p. 6. See Notes on lipu pu.
Technically, the word pu describes the relationship and interaction between a person (jan pu) and the book (lipu pu). In informal usage, a number of people use pu as a name for the book itself or the variety of Toki Pona presented in it.

[2] Lang, Sonja. (25 May 2014). Toki Pona: The Language of Good. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292300. OCLC 921253340. pp. 7, 62.

[3] Lang, Sonja. (18 July 2021). Toki Pona Dictionary. Illustrated by Vacon Sartirani. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292362. p. 5. See Notes on lipu pu.

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+|blurb='''''[[Toki Pona: The Language of Good]]''''' ('''{{tp|[[lipu pu]]}}''') is the foundational resource of modern [[Toki Pona]]. It was written by [[Sonja Lang]], finalizing her work on Toki Pona and recording her [[Styles of Toki Pona|style of speaking the language]] at the time. The book was originally published in English in 2014, with several [[Toki Pona: The Language of Good#Editions|language editions]] since.
-[[File:Toki Pona books across a table.jpg|250px|thumb|Copies of the book scattered on a table.]]
+}}{{Italic title}}
-'''''Toki Pona: The Language of Good''''', known in [[Toki Pona]] as '''{{tp|lipu pu}}''' or (less formally) '''{{tp|pu}}''',<ref>{{cite ku|6}}<blockquote>Technically, the word {{tp|pu}} describes the relationship and interaction between a person ({{tp|jan pu}}) and the book ({{tp|lipu pu}}). In informal usage, a number of people use {{tp|pu}} as a name for the book itself or the variety of Toki Pona presented in it.</blockquote></ref> is the foundational resource of modern [[Toki Pona]]. It was written by [[Sonja Lang]] to describe her way of speaking the language at the time and finalize her work on Toki Pona. It was originally published in English in 2014.
+[[File:Toki Pona books across a table.jpg|250px|thumb|Copies of ''Toki Pona: The Language of Good'' scattered on a table]]
+{{Official Toki Pona}}
+'''''Toki Pona: The Language of Good''''', known in [[Toki Pona]] as '''{{tp|lipu pu}}''' or (less formally) '''{{tp|[[pu]]}}''',<ref>{{cite ku|6}} See [[Notes on lipu pu|Notes on {{tp|lipu pu}}]].<blockquote>Technically, the word {{tp|pu}} describes the relationship and interaction between a person ({{tp|jan pu}}) and the book ({{tp|lipu pu}}). In informal usage, a number of people use {{tp|pu}} as a name for the book itself or the variety of Toki Pona presented in it.</blockquote></ref> is the foundational resource of modern [[Toki Pona]]. It was written by [[Sonja Lang]], finalizing her work on Toki Pona and recording her [[Styles of Toki Pona|style of speaking the language]] at the time.<ref>{{cite pu|7, 62}}</ref><ref>{{cite ku|5}} See [[Notes on lipu pu|Notes on {{tp|lipu pu}}]].</ref> The book was originally published in English in 2014, with several [[#Editions|language editions]] since.
 ==Contents==
-''Toki Pona: The Language of Good'' presents Toki Pona's [[philosophy]] and is mostly dedicated to lessons and exercises, with texts and dictionaries afterward. Its [[Dictionary (pu)|main dictionary section]] is released to the public domain.
+''Toki Pona: The Language of Good'' opens by presenting Toki Pona's [[philosophy]], and is mostly dedicated to lessons and exercises, with texts and dictionaries afterward. As stated in the edition notice, its [[Dictionary (pu)|main dictionary section]] is released to the public domain.
-The set of Toki Pona words used in {{tp|lipu pu}} is called {{tp|[[nimi pu]]}}. They include 120 main words, with 1 pronunciation variant, and 3 words presented as "[[synonym]]s".
+The set of Toki Pona words used in {{tp|lipu pu}} is called {{tp|[[nimi pu]]}}. They include 120 main words, with 1 pronunciation variant, and 3 words presented as "[[synonym]]s" (but used as separate words to varying degrees before and since).
-The book also features two [[writing system]]s created for the language: {{tp|[[sitelen pona]]}} (which it fully describes) and {{tp|[[sitelen sitelen]]}}.
+The book also features two [[writing system]]s created for the language: {{tp|[[sitelen pona]]}}, which it fully describes, and the earlier {{tp|[[sitelen sitelen]]}} by [[Jonathan Gabel]].
-The {{ku|en}} has since amended {{tp|pu}}<nowiki/>'s material with the section "Notes on {{tp|lipu pu}}".
+The {{ku|en}} has since amended {{tp|pu}}<nowiki/>'s material with the section "[[Notes on lipu pu|Notes on {{tp|lipu pu}}]]". Later editions of {{tp|pu}} integrate these amendments in footnotes and appendices.
-=={{tp|pu}}==
-{{Hatnote|See also {{tp|[[ku]]}} and [[Reserved words]].}}
-{{nimi|pu
-| PoS = content word
-}}
-The word '''{{tp|pu}}''' is defined as "interacting with the official Toki Pona book". This generally refers to [[nimi pu|words]] and ways of speaking that are featured in ''Toki Pona: The Language of Good''.
-===Etymology===
-The etymology of the word {{tp|pu}} is uncertain. Proposals include {{w|English language|English}} ''book'' and {{w|Chinese language|Chinese}} {{lang|zh|樸}} / {{lang|zh|朴}} ({{w|pinyin}}: ''{{lang|zh-Latn|pǔ}}''), literally meaning "unworked wood", but which is used as a {{w|Daoism|Daoist}} metaphor for the natural state of humanity.<ref>{{tok|jan Mato}} (9 January 2010). [http://forums.tokipona.org/viewtopic.php?p=6367 "Re: What is pu"]. ''Toki Pona Forums''. Retrieved 17 November 2023.</ref> It was coined by {{tok|[[jan Sonja]]}} before the publication of the book.{{citation needed}}
-A misconception before the publication of the book was that the word {{tp|pu}} was used as a comma to avoid certain misinterpretations.<ref>{{tok|jan Te}} [{{tok|janTe}}] (30 December 2009). [http://forums.tokipona.org/viewtopic.php?p=6244 "Re: {{tok|nimi sin sin}} ({{lang|eo|eĉ plu novaj vortoj}}, even more new words)"]. "Hmmm. I wonder if {{tp|pu}} is intended to avoid confusion caused by words like tawa and poka which can be both modifiers and prepositions. Maybe {{tp|pu}} can be placed before the prepositional usages". ''Toki Pona Forums''. Retrieved 17 November 2023.</ref> This was first cited in the {{w|French Wikipedia}} article about Toki Pona from 2005.<ref>Wikipedia. [https://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Toki_pona&oldid=4696695 Toki pona]. "{{lang|fr|Un mot alternatif contesté est '''pu''', il agit comme une sorte de virgule pour éviter certains contresens. Ce mot est rejetté par la norme officielle mais il est utilisé ci et là.}}" [A contested alternative word is {{tok|pu}}, it acts like a kind of comma to avoid certain misinterpretations. This word is rejected by the official norm but it is used here and there]. ''French Wikipedia''. Archived 25 December 2005. Retrieved 17 November 2023.</ref>
-===Semantic space===
-[[File:Inscription "o moku e kala pona".png|thumb|200px|This text is interacting with ''Toki Pona: The Language of Good'', so by some definitions, it is {{tp|pu}}.]]
-{{tp|pu}} is sometimes used as a reference frame. For example, {{tp|[[tenpo pu]]}} can refer to "the [[era]] of ''Toki Pona: The Language of Good''", starting with its publication. Earth can be called {{tp|mun pu nanpa wan}}, "the first celestial body to interact with ''Toki Pona: The Language of Good''".
-====Extensions====
-{{Nonstandard}}
-Due to the wording of its definition, {{tp|pu}} is sometimes extended to unintuitive interactions. For a practical example, a surface upon which a copy of ''Toki Pona: The Language of Good'' is resting would be {{tp|supa pu}}, even though it is not engaging with the text content of the book. A similar common joke is that the book should not be called {{tp|pu}} in general, but a stack of copies is {{tp|pu}}, since each copy is "interacting" with another.
-Rarely, {{tp|pu}} is extended to mean "official", to refer to other authoritative documents such as a {{w|constitution}}, or to describe conventional and {{w|standard language}} as opposed to {{w|slang}}.<ref name="ku">{{cite ku|336}}</ref>
-===={{tp|pu}}====
-In the "[[Dictionary (pu)|Official Toki Pona Dictionary]]" section, the book ''Toki Pona: The Language of Good'' defines {{tp|pu}} as:
-{{pu def|pu}}
-===={{tp|ku}}====
-For {{ku|en}}, respondents in {{tp|[[ma pona pi toki pona]]}} translated these English words as {{tp|pu}}:<ref name="ku"/>
-{{ku data|pu}}
-==={{tp|sitelen pona}}===
-[[File:Pu - sitelen pona pu (title page).svg|150px|thumb|Title page version]]
-The {{tp|[[sitelen pona]]}} glyph for {{tp|pu}} represents a simplified drawing of the book's cover, or alternatively, the book [[radical]] ({{tp|[[lipu]]}}) with the combined glyph for {{tp|toki pona}} inside.
 ==Editions==
-The English edition of ''Toki Pona: The Language of Good'' has been released as a paperback and as a {{w|Amazon Kindle}} e-book. The book has also been translated to several other languages.
+The English edition of ''Toki Pona: The Language of Good'' has been released as a paperback and as an {{w|Amazon Kindle}} e-book. The book has also been translated to several other languages.
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 | ''Toki Pona: The Language of Good''
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 | French
 | {{lang|fr|''Toki Pona: la langue du bien''}}
+| {{no}}
-| style="background:#FFC7C7;"|No
 | [//amazon.com/dp/0978292359 0978292359]
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 | German
 | {{lang|de|''Toki Pona: Die Sprache des Guten''}}
+| {{yes}}
-| style="background:#9EFF9E;"|Yes
 | [//amazon.com/dp/B09MJ8JPV6 B09MJ8JPV6]
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 | {{lang|eo|''Tokipono: La lingvo de bono''}}
+| {{yes}}
-| style="background:#9EFF9E;"|Yes
 | [//amazon.com/dp/9464376090 9464376090]
 |}
+==Related words==
+==={{tp|pu}}===
+{{Main|pu{{!}}{{tp|pu}}}}
+{{nimi|pu
+|collapsed=yes
+|PoS=content word
+}}
+The word {{tp|[[pu]]}} is defined as "interacting with the official Toki Pona book". This generally refers to [[nimi pu|words]] and [[Styles of Toki Pona|ways of speaking]] that are featured in ''Toki Pona: The Language of Good''.
+{{Clear}}
 ==See also==
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 * [https://tokipona.org Official website]
 {{General}}
-{{Words}}
 [[Category:Courses]]
 [[Category:pu| ]]

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