List of ma pona pi toki pona slang

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This is a list of slang words created in the ma pona pi toki pona server.

lonsi[edit | edit source]

Pronunciation /ˈlon.si/
Usage 2023: N/ACaution: This word has not been surveyed for. Most speakers likely don't understand it.
Book and era No book
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lonsi is a joke word used in ma pona pi toki pona, having no set meaning.

The earliest mention of the current word lonsi was in 2023, although there were previous mentions of lonsi likely unrelated to the current word.[1] It may have originated as a typo of the word tonsi, or a portmateau between it and lon (as an interjection meaning "true! I agree!"). The word spread through repeated mention of it in the #kama-pona and #toki-pona channels, mainly by monsuta Kijana and (a)kasi Aliki.

penpo[edit | edit source]

Pronunciation /ˈpen.po/
Usage 2023: N/ACaution: This word has not been surveyed for. Most speakers likely don't understand it.
Book and era No book
Part of speech Content word

penpo is a joke word referring to the toki pona taso event in ma pona pi toki pona and bot which runs it; they are respectively tenpo penpo and ilo penpo. The word penpo is a corruption of the word tenpo, referring to the time-frame of this event, and named this way for the amusement of rhyming tenpo.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. jan Emikili [@jan_emikili]. (9 August 2023). [Message posted in the #kama-pona channel in the ma pona pi toki pona Discord server]. Discord. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
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