tokana
Obscure Toki Pona content word
tokana is an obscure content word relating to focus, attention, and concentration.
Pronunciation | /ˈto |
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Usage | 2023: Obscure (2% ↗︎ ) |
Book and era | No book (post-pu) |
Part of speech | Content word |
Etymology
The word tokana is derived from Tongan tokanga, meaning "attention, focus". It was coined by jan Sojapoja in 2020.[1]
Semantic space
The semantic space of tokana includes focus, detail, and attention.[2] It describes "any kind of concentrated matter."[3] It can also be a preverb.[1][4]
mi kama kute e toki uta tan insa li ken ala tokanami kama kute e toki uta tan insa, li ken ala tokana.
I begin to hear voices, and I can't concentrate.[5]
o tokana
aaao tokana
aaa[6]Focus! Ahhhhh (scream)!
sitelen pona
The sitelen pona glyph for tokana (tokana) depicts a magnifying glass.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 jan Lakuse, "it was actually made exclusively by sojapoja to mean 'concentrate' by every sense of the word
you could technically use tokana to describe a television's pixel resolution. that was the idea i think
but it also means to focus
it's only ever really been used in this space in jest. it's also a preverb"
(2022-10-13) ma pona pi toki pona #pana-sona https://discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/301378960468738050/1030342544397180958 - ↑ jan Tepo, "tawa mi la nimi tokana li ni: ijo li wile pali e ijo la ona li mu e ni lon open pi nimi pali" (2022-05-04) ma pona pi toki pona #tomo-toki https://discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/851665652452556840/971544488738709584
- ↑ jan Lakuse, "it's for any kind of concentrated matter" (2021-09-02) ma pona pi toki pona #sona-musi https://discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/375591429608570881/883051283911700480
- ↑ jan Lakuse, "the word 'tokana' has been proposed as a potentially preverb for 'to focus on'" (2020-09-05) ma pona pi toki pona #sona-musi https://discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/375591429608570881/751939362304032819
- ↑ jan Lakuse, "jan olin o" (2020-10-21) ma pona pi toki pona https://discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/316066233755631616/768461982969626625 https://discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/316066233755631616/768460832832749619
- ↑ jan Lakuse, Messsage (2022-04-23) ma pona pi toki pona #tomo-toki https://discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/851665652452556840/967573136579104798
Further reading
- "tokana" on lipu Linku