User:ItMarki/Chemical nomenclature in Toki Pona: Difference between revisions

| style="width: 20%" | 1 || style="width: 20%" | H || {{tp|Itoken}}

| 11 || Na || {{tp|Nasijun}} (from Latin {{lang|la|natrium}})

| 19 || K || {{tp|Kalijun}} (from Latin {{lang|la|kalium}})

| 26 || Fe || {{tp|Pelun}} (from Latin {{lang|la|ferrum}})

| 29 || Cu || {{tp|Kupun}} (from Latin {{lang|la|cuprum}})

| 30 || Zn || {{tp|Sinku}}<ref>Since {{tp|sin}} is already a content word, the name for zinc is modified.</ref>

| 31 || Ga || {{tp|Kalun}}<ref>Since {{tp|Kalijun}} is already taken for potassium, the name for gallium is modified.</ref>

| 47 || Ag || {{tp|Akentun}} (from Latin {{lang|la|argentum}})

| 50 || Sn || {{tp|Tanun}} (from Latin {{lang|la|stannum}})

| 51 || Sb || {{tp|Sipijun}} (from Latin {{lang|la|stibium}})

| 74 || W || {{tp|Opan}} (from German {{lang|de|wolfram}})

| 76 || Os || {{tp|Osijun}}<ref>Since {{tp|Omijun}} is already taken for holmium, the name for osmium is modified.</ref>

| 79 || Au || {{tp|Alun}} (from Latin {{lang|la|aurum}})

| 80 || Hg || {{tp|Mekuli/Itakilun}} ({{tp|Mekuli}} is from English "mercury"; {{tp|Itakilun}} is from Latin {{lang|la|hydragyrum}})

| 82 || Pb || {{tp|Punpun}} (from Latin {{lang|la|plumbum}})

| 95 || Am || {{tp|Amelikijun}}

| 96 || Cm || {{tp|Kulijun}}

| 99 || Es || {{tp|Ensenijun}}

| 103 || Lr || {{tp|Lalenkijun}}

| 104 || Rf || {{tp|Luteposijun}}

| 105 || Db || {{tp|Tunpijun}}

| 106 || Sg || {{tp|Sepokijun}}

| 107 || Bh || {{tp|Polijun}}

| 109 || Mt || {{tp|Menelijun}}

| 110 || Ds || {{tp|Tantasijun}}

| 112 || Cn || {{tp|Kopenikijun}}

| 116 || Lv || {{tp|Liwemowijun}}

Approaches that do not use proper names exist, such as [https://www.reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/riz957/nimi_pi_wan_ijo_periodic_table_in_toki_pona this Reddit post] by jan Melon.

=== Periodic table ===

=== Tokiponization ===

: ''See the section [[Names#Tokiponization]] for more information.''

Tokiponization is the act of transcribing a foreign word into Toki Pona's phonology and phonotactics. All words created this way act as adjectives and must describe another word, usually a noun. For specific rules about Tokiponization, see [[#Rules for transcription into Toki Pona|Rules for transcription into Toki Pona]].

When Tokiponizing chemical terminology, make sure it can be expressed as other words (Tokiponized or not), so although <span style="color: gray;">{{tp|ijo Itokapon}}</span> and <span style="color: green;">{{tp|ijo Itoken Kapon}}</span> are both acceptable names for hydrocarbon, <span style="color: green;">{{tp|ijo Itoken Kapon}}</span> is prioritized.

If, however, a term must be Tokiponized and it cannot be expressed with other Tokiponized terms, Latin (or New Latin) takes precedence over any other language, so alkane, alkene and alkyne use <span style="color: green;">{{tp|Akan}}</span>, <span style="color: green;">{{tp|Aken}}</span> and <span style="color: green;">{{tp|Akin}}</span> respectively, and not <span style="color: red;">{{tp|Aken}}</span>, <span style="color: red;">{{tp|Akin}}</span> and <span style="color: red;">{{tp|Akan}}</span> as in English.

According to Tokiponization rules, related proper nouns become the same adjective in Toki Pona. Therefore, as sulphur is {{tp|ijo Supu}}, sulphuric acid is <span style="color: green;">{{tp|[[#apo|apo]] Supu}}</span> instead of <span style="color: red;">{{tp|[[#apo|apo]] supuli}}</span>.

The special rules for Tokiponizing words through Latin (or New Latin) are as follows:

* ''b'', ''f'' and ''ph'' become {{tp|p}}.

* ''d'' and ''th'' become {{tp|t}}.

* ''g'' and ''c'' become {{tp|k}}.

* ''y'' becomes {{tp|j}}.

* ''r'' becomes {{tp|l}}, from the trilled [r].

* ''x'', ''z'' and ''sh'' become {{tp|s}}.

* ''h'' becomes {{tp|w}} or {{tp|j}} depending on the next vowel. If the next vowel is ''a'' or ''e'', ''h'' becomes {{tp|w}}. Any ''h'' at the start of a word is omitted.

==== Vowel clusters ====

The table below shows which syllable(s) should be used when merging a vowel cluster between two roots.

{| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto; width: 50%;"

| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |

! colspan="5" rowspan="1" | First vowel

|-

| a || e || i || o || u

|-

! colspan="1" rowspan="5" | Second<br>vowel

| a || {{tp|a}}/{{tp|aja}} || {{tp|aje}} || {{tp|awi}} || {{tp|ajo}} || {{tp|aju}}

|-

| e || {{tp|eja}} || {{tp|e}}/{{tp|eje}} || {{tp|ewi}} || {{tp|ejo}} || {{tp|eju}}

|-

| i || {{tp|ija}} || {{tp|ije}} || {{tp|i}}/{{tp|iwi}} || {{tp|ijo}} || {{tp|iju}}

|-

| o || {{tp|owa}} || {{tp|owe}} || {{tp|owi}} || {{tp|o}}/{{tp|ojo}} || {{tp|oju}}

|-

| u || {{tp|uwa}} || {{tp|uwe}} || {{tp|uwi}} || {{tp|ujo}} || {{tp|u}}/{{tp|uju}}

|}

For two identical consecutive vowels, the shorter combination is to be used unless doing so would compromise interpretability.

== Notes ==

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