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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.
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