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[[File:Booba-Kiki.svg|thumb|250px|This picture is used to demonstrate the {{w|bouba/kiki effect}}. When given the names "kiki" and "bouba", 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}}. The word in Toki Pona was coined by ~~{{tok|jan Olipija}} and~~ {{tok|akesi kon Nalasuni}} in 2020.

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 ku|24}}</ref>{{citation needed|reason=Primary source}}

==Semantic space==

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==={{tp|ku}}===

For {{ku|en}}, respondents in {{tp|[[ma pona pi toki pona]]}} translated these English words as {{tp|kiki}}:

For {{ku|en}}, respondents in {{tp|[[ma pona pi toki pona]]}} translated these English words as {{tp|kiki}}:<ref>{{cite ku|248}}</ref>

==References==

==Further reading==