Typos
There are several notable typos of Toki Pona words.
Half as Interesting
| Pronunciation | /ˈpa |
|---|---|
| Usage | 2023: Obscure (3%) Most speakers don't understand this word.
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| Book and era | No book |
| Part of speech | Content word |
The video "Toki Pona: The Language You Can Learn in a Day" by Half as Interesting (released December 15th, 2022) contains various errors. pakola and Sini are typos of pakala and sina, respectively.
Throughout 2023, several people started using pakola as a tongue-in-cheek way to say pakala. pakala's semantic space includes the meanings "botched, broken, screw up", so using a botched way to spell the word is fitting in a way. Some people say that they use pakola for something that is especially botched or broken, more so than when they use pakala.
ku
| Pronunciation | /ˈsu |
|---|---|
| Usage | 2023: Not notable (0% ↘︎ ) Most speakers don't understand this word.2022: Obscure (1%)
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| Book and era | Typo in ku |
| Part of speech | Content word |
| Pronunciation | /ˈto |
|---|---|
| Usage | 2023: Not notable (0% → ) Most speakers don't understand this word.2022: Obscure (0%)
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| Book and era | Typo in ku |
| Part of speech | Content word |
suke and toma are typos of sike and tomo, respectively, made while entering data into Toki Pona Dictionary.