tokana
| Pronunciation | /ˈto |
|---|---|
| Usage | 2023: Obscure (2% ↗︎ ) Most speakers don't understand this word.2022: Obscure (1%)
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| Book and era | No book (post-pu) |
| Part of speech | Content word |
tokana is an obscure content word relating to focus, attention, and concentration.
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