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Revision as of 13:52, 22 December 2023
The Toki Pona Dictionary, also known as lipu ku or (less formally) ku, is the second official book about Toki Pona. It is a descriptive collection of how surveyed speakers expressed common English words in Toki Pona compiled by Sonja Lang, published on 18 July 2021.
Contents
The dictionary includes an English–Toki Pona section of 169 pages and a Toki Pona-English section of 196 pages. There is also an introduction to the dictionary which includes a warning against lexicalization, notes about grammar and endonyms, an explanation about the frequency index used in the book, notes about new ku words, and a list of attributions for the creators of ku words.
Cover and illustrations
The cover of the dictionary depicts a denim jacket with an embroidered Toki Pona logo in front of a dark background. The jacket was created by Lucy Deacon (jan nanpa Lusi).[1][2] The illustrations on the book are created by Vacon Sartinari, an Italian visual artist and illustrator.
Notes on lipu pu
The section "Notes on lipu pu" is a collection of corrections for the original book, ranging from correcting mistakes to noting evolution in usage. This section has been made freely available on Lang's website under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) license.[3][4]
Creative works
At the end of the book, jan Sonja included the poems "laso tu" by jan Ne and "lon ma tomo pi tenpo pini suli" by jan Kapilu (which was later renamed to "kiwen walo")[5], as well as an explanation of the satirical number system nasin nanpa kijetesantakalu by soweli nata.
The two poems featured were jan Sonja's favorite poems from utala pi toki musi, a Toki Pona poetry contest held in ma pona pi toki pona in 2020. The two poems and all other submissions are available for free at the contest's webpage.[6]
kijetesantakalu tonsi li lanpan ala lanpan e soko?
"kijetesantakalu tonsi li lanpan ala lanpan e soko?" is a sentence designed to showcase several nimi ku suli, featured in the back cover of the dictionary. The sentence means "does the non-binary procyonid steal mushrooms?".
ku
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| Pronunciation | /ku/ |
|---|---|
| Usage | 2023: Common4, Widespread6 (70% ↘︎ )2022: Widespread (80%) |
| Book and era | nimi ku suli (post-pu) |
| Part of speech | Content word |
| Codepoint | U+F1988 |
The word ku is defined as "interacting with the Toki Pona Dictionary".[7] It was inspired by the word pu, meaning to interact with Toki Pona: The Language of Good.
ku
The Toki Pona Dictionary defines ku as:[7]
interact with Toki Pona Dictionary [this book!]
The translation is presented without a frequency index, probably due to not occurring in survey responses, or occurring misleadingly infrequently such that it would appear not to qualify as a nimi ku suli.
sitelen pona
The sitelen pona glyph for ku depicts a simplified drawing of the book's cover. It was designed by lipamanka, jan Ana, jan Sa, and jan Sonja in 2021, with four variants for drawing the Toki Pona emblem on the cover, ranging from the full toki pona glyph to a simple dot.[8] While all variants are recognized as correct, the most commonly used is the simplest one with the dot.
Methodology
Data
The data as presented in the book is ranked with a frequency score ranging from ½ to 5.[a]
| Frequency index |
Percentage of respondants |
|---|---|
| 5 | [81, 100]% |
| 4 | [61, 80]% |
| 3 | [41, 60]% |
| 2 | [21, 40]% |
| 1 | [11, 20]% |
| ½[a] | [1, 10]% |
Notes
References
- ↑ Lang, Sonja. (18 July 2021). Toki Pona Dictionary. Illustrated by Vacon Sartirani. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292362. p. 2.
- ↑ jan nanpa Lusi [@lucyg00se]. (29 July 2021). [Message posted in the
#toki-ponachannel in the ma pona pi toki pona Discord server]. Discord. - ↑ Lang, Sonja (2021). Notes on lipu pu (PDF). tokipona.org. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- ↑ jan Sonja. (1 January 2022). "Pages 5 to 13 of Toki Pona Dictionary (Notes on lipu pu) are now licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.". Mastodon. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
- ↑ Lang, Sonja; trans. van der Meulen, Spencer (2022). Tokipono: La lingvo de bono. Self-published. p. 99.
- ↑ utala pi toki musi #MAM/#LLW/#LLW. utala.pona.la. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Lang, Sonja. (18 July 2021). Toki Pona Dictionary. Illustrated by Vacon Sartirani. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292362. p. 256.
- ↑ lipamanka [@lipamanka]. (22 July 2021). [Message posted in the
#ijo-sinchannel in the ma pona pi toki pona Discord server]. Discord. Retrieved 19 December 2023.[...] Me [...], jan Ana [...], jan sa [...], and of course Sonja Lang [...] have created the official sitelen pona symbol for ku! You may notice that there are four symbols here. They are all correct! The idea with this symbol is that the level of complexity of the dot can range from just a dot to the official toki pona symbol. The rest of the symbol is lipu, with three lines meeting at the center of the upper left quadrant, coming from the upper right corner, the center of the right side, and the center of the bottom. linja suwi is updated now, and linja pi pu lukin will be updated Soon™, and the next installment of linja sike (linja sike 5) will contain the four variants below, and possibly more variants. Ask questions in
#pali-musi!
External links
Freely available data
Notes on lipu pu
- "Notes on lipu pu" (PDF) on tokipona.org
- "Notes on lipu pu" (PDF) on Wikimedia Commons
- "Notes on lipu pu" on Wikisource
Further reading
- "ku" on lipu Linku
- "ku" on lipu Wikipesija
- "ku" on English Wiktionary
| Development and usage | jan Sonja · Toki Pona: The Language of Good (2014) · Tokiponidos · Software (Tools · Fonts) · suno pi toki pona · Toki Pona census · Toki Pona Dictionary (2021) · UCSUR · Linku · ISO 639-3 |
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| Conventions | Phonology (Phonotactics) · Words (Tokiponization) · Grammar (Word order) · Social conventions · Writing systems (sitelen Lasina · sitelen pona · sitelen sitelen) · luka pona (sign language) · Number systems · Calendar systems · Styles (pu · pu-rism · ku · Nonstandard) |
| Philosophy | Minimalism · Context · Circumlocution · Expression · Lexicalization · Multiple sentences · Comparisons |
| Resources | Frequently asked questions · Courses · Dictionaries · Cheat sheets · Visual aids · Communities · Websites · Media |