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[[File:Lipu tenpo nanpa kule - sutopatikuna.png|200px|thumb|Illustration of a platypus]]
'''{{tp|sutopatikuna}}''' is a [[pre-pu|pre-{{tp|pu}}]] [[joke word]] with marginal phonology relating to {{w|Platypus|platypuses}} (''Ornithorhynchus anatinus'').<ref name="baudry2009"
==Etymology==▼
The word {{tp|sutopatikuna}} is derived from {{w|Croatian language|Croatian}} ''{{lang|hr|čudnovati kljunaš}}'', literally meaning "strange beak". It was coined by Alexandre Baudry as an April Fools' joke in 2009.<ref name="baudry2009">Baudry, Alexandre (1 April 2009). [http://forums.tokipona.org/viewtopic.php?p=4927#p4927 "RE: New official word / Nova oficiala vorto"]. "Dear Sonja, That's a great idea, but if you do so, you need also to add a special word for the Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus). I would suggest the word "{{tok|sutopatikuna}}" from the croatian word {{lang|hr|[č]udnovati kljuna}} […]". ''Toki Pona Forums''. Retrieved 19 October 2023.</ref>
==Pronunciation==
This word breaks Toki Pona's [[phonotactics]] by having the disallowed syllable {{tp|*ti}}. Some speakers instead pronounce it with the syllable {{tp|si}} to overcome this.
==Semantic space==
==={{tp|ku}}===
For {{ku|en}}, respondents in {{tp|[[ma pona pi toki pona]]}} translated these English words as {{tp|sutopatikuna}}:
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