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[[File:Booba-Kiki.svg|thumb|250px|This picture is used to demonstrate the {{w|bouba/kiki effect}}. When givenasked to assign the names "kiki" and "bouba" to these shapes, many people tend to label the shape on the left "kiki".]]

The word {{tp|kiki}} is derived from a {{w|nonsense word}} created for the 2001 psychological study by {{w|V. S. Ramachandran}} and Edward Hubbard on {{w|sound symbolism}}, named the {{w|bouba/kiki effect}}.<ref>Ramachandran, V.S. & Hubbard, E.M. (2001). [https://web.archive.org/web/20110813064348/http://cbc.ucsd.edu/pdf/Synaesthesia%20-%20JCS.pdf "Synaesthesia: A window into perception, thought and language"] (PDF). ''Journal of Consciousness Studies''. '''8''' (12): 3–34. Archived from [http://cbc.ucsd.edu/pdf/Synaesthesia%20-%20JCS.pdf the original] (PDF) on 13 September 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2023.</ref> The word in Toki Pona was coined by {{tok|akesi kon Nalasuni}} in 2020.<ref>{{cite kuDiscord|24url=https://discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/375591429608570881/754522055109771435|name={{tok|akesi kon Nalasuni}}|username=nalathnidragon|channel={{tok|sona-musi}}|server={{tp|ma pona pi toki pona}}|access-date=2024-01-28|quote=has anyone proposed "{{tok|kiki}}" to mean "a spiky shape" yet}}</ref><ref>{{citationcite neededku|reason=Primary source24}}</ref>