ma pona pi toki pona

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ma pona pi toki pona (mpptp; sitelen pona: ma+pona+pi+toki+pona), also known as ma pona for short, is a Discord server and English-speaking Toki Pona community. As of January 2024, it has over 12 thousand members,[a] making it the largest Toki Pona community on Discord and possibly the largest in general. The official Toki Pona website lists it as an "important cultural centre".[1]

ma pona pi toki pona is the only community that was polled to create the translation data in the Toki Pona Dictionary. It was chosen for having "the most linguistic vitality and the highest number of volunteers available in real time".[2] The trends in the server at the time of polling are reflected in the results, such as the specific words classed as nimi ku suli.

Events[edit | edit source]

mun pi ante toki[edit | edit source]

Main article: mun pi ante toki

mun pi ante toki is a yearly event occurring in February where members are encouraged to translate works into Toki Pona.

suno pi toki pona[edit | edit source]

Main article: suno pi toki pona

suno pi toki pona, also known as Toki Pona Day, is a yearly event celebrating Toki Pona's anniversary in 7 August 2021, hosted by community members of ma pona pi toki pona.

tenpo pi toki pona taso[edit | edit source]

tenpo pi toki pona taso (lit. 'Toki-Pona-only time') is a recurring event that takes place around every new and full moon. Members may opt to have a bot mark non-Toki Pona messages sent during these events (with plant-themed emoji reactions) to remind them to speak in toki pona taso.[3]

A small group created the joke word penpo to refer to the event and the bot which runs the event; they are respectively tenpo penpo and ilo penpo. 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.

Jokes[edit | edit source]

Caution: The subject of this section is just for fun. It might not be meant or appropriate for serious use.

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
Part of speech Content word

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.[4] 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.

Gallery[edit | edit source]

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Server icons[edit | edit source]

  • 2021 icon for ma pona pi toki pona, designed by jan Malon,[5][6] including small text ale li ponaale li pona

    2021 icon for ma pona pi toki pona, designed by jan Malon,[5][6] including small text ale li pona

  • 2023 icon for ma pona pi toki pona, designed by kala pona Tonyu[7] based on the last design

    2023 icon for ma pona pi toki pona, designed by kala pona Tonyu[7] based on the last design

See also[edit | edit source]

Notes[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Including inactive members.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Toki Pona (official site)". tokipona.org. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  2. ↑ Lang, Sonja. (18 July 2021). Toki Pona Dictionary. Illustrated by Vacon Sartirani. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292362. p. 17.
  3. ↑ jan Kekan San [gregdan3]. "ilo-pi-toki-pona-taso". GitHub. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ (1 July 2021). "utala pi sitelen ma #MAMW/#LT/#W" [Server icon contest 2021/07/01] (in Toki Pona). utala musi pi ma pona. pona.la. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  6. ↑ asali [@cassia_prime]. (1 July 2021). [Message posted in the #ijo-sin channel in the ma pona pi toki pona Discord server]. Discord. Retrieved 1 April 2024. "i would like to congratulate @jan Malon for his winning submission to the utala sitelen contest for a new server icon.".
  7. ↑ (1 February 2023). "utala pi sitelen ma #MAMTW/#T/#W" [Server icon contest 2023/02/01] (in Toki Pona). utala musi pi ma pona. Retrieved 30 November 2023.

External links[edit | edit source]

Community
Communities ma pona pi toki pona · Ma Toki Pona VR · kulupu pi toki pona pi ma Anku · Toki Pona Forums · Gatherings
Websites lipu Wikipesija · pona.la (ma Seka · sona pona · utala musi)
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