tokana
| Pronunciation | /ˈto |
|---|---|
| Usage | 2023: Obscure (2% ↗︎ ) Most speakers don't understand this word.2022: Obscure (1%)
|
| 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.[5]
I begin to hear voices, and I can't concentrate.
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 [@raacz106]. (14 October 2022). [Message posted in the
#pana-sonachannel in the ma pona pi toki pona Discord server]. Discord. Retrieved 16 January 2024.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 - ↑ jan Tepo [@tbodt]. (4 May 2022). [Message posted in the
#tomo-tokichannel in the ma pona pi toki pona Discord server]. Discord. Retrieved 16 January 2024. "tawa mi la nimi tokana li ni: [ijo] li wile pali e ijo la ona li mu e ni lon open pi nimi pali". - ↑ jan Lakuse [@raacz106]. (2 September 2021). [Message posted in the
#sona-musichannel in the ma pona pi toki pona Discord server]. Discord. Retrieved 16 January 2024. "it's for any kind of concentrated matter". - ↑ jan Lakuse [@raacz106]. (5 September 2020). [Message posted in the
#sona-musichannel in the ma pona pi toki pona Discord server]. Discord. Retrieved 16 January 2024. "the word 'tokana' has been proposed as a potentially preverb for 'to focus on'". - ↑ jan Lakuse [@raacz106]. (21 October 2020). [Message posted in the
#jakichannel in the ma pona pi toki pona Discord server]. Discord. Retrieved 16 January 2024. - ↑ jan Lakuse [@raacz106]. (23 April 2022). [Message posted in the
#tomo-tokichannel in the ma pona pi toki pona Discord server]. Discord. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
Further reading
- "tokana" on lipu Linku