taki
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| Pronunciation | /ˈta |
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| Usage | 2023: Obscure4, Rare6 (14% → ) Most speakers don't use this word.2022: Rare (14%)
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| Book and era | nimi ku lili (post-pu) |
| Part of speech | Content word |
taki is an obscure content word and nimi ku lili relating to the attachment of objects.
Etymology
The word taki is derived from Korean 탁 (tak), an onomatopoeia for a sudden collision, such as between two magnets hitting each other. It was coined in 2020 by jan Kapilu and jan Lewiku in the ma pona pi toki pona community.[1][2]
Semantic space
The semantic space of taki includes stickiness, electromagnetic attraction, fastening with a clip, and other bonds and forms of attachment.
mi taki e sitelen ni lon sinpinmi taki e sitelen ni lon sinpin.[2]
I stick this image on the wall.
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For Toki Pona Dictionary, respondents in ma pona pi toki pona translated these English words as taki:[3]
bond½, attract½, attach½, clip½
sitelen pona
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The main sitelen pona glyph for taki (taki) represents a horseshoe magnet lifting two dots. An alternative glyph (taki2) depicts a taegeuk, a Korean symbol composed of interlocking spirals with a vertical separator, symbolizing polarity and duality.
References
- ↑ Lang, Sonja. (18 July 2021). Toki Pona Dictionary. Illustrated by Vacon Sartirani. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292362. p. 24.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 jan Kapilu [@jankapilu]. (5 December 2020). [Message posted in the
#sona-musichannel in the ma pona pi toki pona Discord server]. Discord. Retrieved 25 December 2023.taki - from Korean 탁 (tag), (onomatopoeia, the sound of magnets sticking to each other)
adjective: sticky, magnetic
verb: to stick something, to put things together, to glue
e.g.:
mi taki e sitelen ni lon sinpin - I stick this image on the wall
kiwen taki - magnets
moku taki - gum
telo taki - slime/glue - ↑ Lang, Sonja. (18 July 2021). Toki Pona Dictionary. Illustrated by Vacon Sartirani. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292362. p. 355.
Further reading
- "taki" on lipu Linku