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nasin nasa pi nimi kule pi jan Lepeka pi nimi pu
On February 21, 2024, I posted this on Reddit. It was pointed out that this could be considered lexicalization, which could be considered a greater sin than nimisin.
Color is important to me.
kule li suli tawa mi.
kule li suli tawa mi
Toki Pona has few words for color.
toki pona li jo e nimi kule lili.
toki pona li jo e nimi kule lili
I want to talk about many colors.
mi wile toki pi kule mute.
mi wile toki pi kule mute
Many people do not like nimisin.
nimi sin li ike tawa jan mute.
nimi sin li ike tawa jan mute
If I make nimisin people will not like that.
mi pali e nimi sin la ni li ike tawa jan mute.
mi pali e nimi sin la ni li ike tawa jan mute
I will not make nimisin.
mi pali ala e nimi sin.
mi pali ala e nimi sin
I will keep pimeja and walo.
mi awen e nimi "pimeja" e nimi "walo".
mi awen e nimi te pimeja to e nimi te walo to
I will remove loje, jelo, and laso.
mi weka e nimi "loje" e nimi "jelo" e nimi "laso".
mi weka e nimi te loje to e nimi te jelo to e nimi te laso to
I will use kule with other pu words to talk about many colors.
mi toki pi kule mute la mi kepeken e nimi "kule" e nimi pu ante.
mi toki pi kule mute la mi kepeken e nimi te kule to e nimi pu ante
pimeja | pimeja | pimeja | black |
kule ma | kule ma | kule+ma | brown |
kule uta | kule uta | kule+uta | red |
kule kili | kule kili | kule+kili | orange |
kule suno | kule suno | kule+suno | yellow |
kule kasi | kule kasi | kule+kasi | green |
kule sewi | kule sewi | kule+sewi | cyan |
kule telo | kule telo | kule+telo | blue |
kule mun | kule mun | kule+mun | purple |
kule pilin | kule pilin | kule+pilin | magenta |
walo pimeja | walo pimeja | walo+pimeja | gray |
walo | walo | walo | white |
nasin nasa pi nimi kule pi jan Lepeka pi nimi sin
So I went back on my word (pun intended) and created some nimisin anyway to use alongside existing words for colors including several nimisin. The words kulaso (green) and pulaso (blue) are attempts to legitimize the early joke words glaso and blaso through conformity to toki pona phonotactics, and the word sulaso (cyan) is an extension. (That they start with pu, ku, and su as in the books is a coincidence.) Finally masenta is a borrowing of magenta.
pimeja | pimeja | black |
kapesi | kapesi | brown |
loje | loje | red |
nalanja | nalanja | orange |
jelo | jelo | yellow |
kulaso (see also peta) | kulaso | green |
sulaso | sulaso | cyan |
pulaso | pulaso | blue |
unu | unu | purple |
masenta | masenta | magenta |
walo pimeja | walo+pimeja | gray |
walo | walo | white |