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Revision as of 12:35, 12 December 2023
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| Pronunciation | /ˈna |
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| Usage | 2023: Core (99% → )2022: Core (99%) |
| Book and era | nimi pu |
| Part of speech | Content word |
| Codepoint | U+F193E |
nasa is a core content word relating to unusual things.
Etymology
The word nasa is derived from Tok Pisin nasau, meaning "stupid, crazy", a word only known to exist in the book Pidgin-English für Papua-Neuguinea: Wort für Wort.[1][2]
Semantic space
The semantic space of nasa includes deviations from the norm, that is, things considered strange or unusual.[3] Unlike English, the word holds a neutral connotation by default. It also refers to behaving unusually, such as impulsively. By extension, it includes intoxication and psychoactive substances.
mani li nasa e janmani li nasa e jan.[4]
[M]oney drives people crazy. […]
jan li moku e kasi nasajan li moku e kasi nasa.
People consume the intoxicating plant [i.e. cannabis].
pu
In the "Official Toki Pona Dictionary" section, the book Toki Pona: The Language of Good defines nasa as:
ADJECTIVE unusual, strange; foolish, crazy; drunk, intoxicated
After the publication of the Toki Pona Dictionary, the definition was corrected and the sense of "foolish, crazy" was replaced with "silly", according to jan Sonja, "in light of a commitment to non-ableist language".[5]
ADJECTIVE unusual, strange; silly; drunk, intoxicated
ku
For Toki Pona Dictionary, respondents in ma pona pi toki pona translated these English words as nasa:[6]
weird5, unusual5, strange5, odd5, drunk4, silly3, wild3, ridiculous2, psychoactive2, nonsense2, confuse2, suspicious2
sitelen pona
The sitelen pona glyph for nasa () is a spiral, a symbol of drunkness, dizziness, and hypnosis. This may come from the sensation that one's surroundings are spinning around when they are disoriented.
References
- ↑ "Word Origins". tokipona.org. Archived from the original on 8 August 2002.
- ↑ Schaefer, Albrecht G. (2001). Pidgin-English für Papua-Neuguinea: Wort für Wort. p. 164.
nasau: blöde, verrückt
- ↑ lipamanka. "toki pona dictionary". lipamanka.gay.
- ↑ jan Sepulon. (25 August 2021). "mi seli (toki pona song about climate change)". jan Sepulon li kalama [@jansepulon]. YouTube. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- ↑ Lang, Sonja. (18 July 2021). Toki Pona Dictionary. Illustrated by Vacon Sartirani. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292362. p. 13.
- ↑ Lang, Sonja. (18 July 2021). Toki Pona Dictionary. Illustrated by Vacon Sartirani. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292362. p. 294.
Further reading
- "nasa" on lipu Linku
- "nasa" on lipu Wikipesija
- "nasa" on English Wiktionary