taki

taki
Pronunciation	/ˈta.ki/
Usage	2024: Obscure (8% ↘︎ ) Most speakers don't understand this word.2023: Obscure44-category system, Rare66-category system (14% → )2022: Rare (14%)
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.

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 sinpin

mi taki e sitelen ni lon sinpin.

I stick this image on the wall.

ku

For Toki Pona Dictionary, respondents in ma pona pi toki pona translated these English words as taki:

bond^½1–10% of respondents, attract^½1–10% of respondents, attach^½1–10% of respondents, clip^½1–10% of respondents

sitelen pona

Horseshoe magnet

Taeguk found in the Korean flag

The main sitelen pona glyph for taki (takitaki) represents a horseshoe magnet lifting two dots. It was created by lipamanka.

An alternative glyph (taki2taki2)^{[by whom? when?]} depicts a taegeuk, a Korean symbol composed of interlocking spirals with a vertical separator, symbolizing polarity and duality.

Further reading

• "taki" on lipu Linku