nasa renaissance

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Caution: The subject of this article is an experimental or hypothetical style that is not understood by most speakers, or is used only in specific small communities. Learners should avoid using it.

The nasa renaissance is a highly experimental and nonstandard style of Toki Pona, developed by members of the ma lili and ma kule communities, and published by ilo Powa to ma pona pi toki pona in July 2023.[1]

Grammar[edit | edit source]

Ideophones[edit | edit source]

Any reduplicated interjection becomes an ideophone, "symbolism for any sensory or emotional experience." For example, suno suno may represent the sensation of a reflective surface shining. In sitelen pona, ideophonic interjections are often written in a mu (mu)-shaped cartouche.

Superlatives[edit | edit source]

Reduplicating a head or modifying it with ale makes it a superlative, roughly equivalent to nanpa wan. lili lili remains ambiguous.

Semiparticle anu[edit | edit source]

anu is treated like kin and taso, and modifies phrases instead of separating them. anu seme is sometimes replaced with seme anu as a result.

Preverb marking[edit | edit source]

ta and ni can mark preverbs.

Prepositional weka[edit | edit source]

weka may be used as a preposition, meaning "absent", "except", or "without".

Semantics[edit | edit source]

Categorical definitions[edit | edit source]

Extending a semantic phenomenon of words defined as adjectives in Toki Pona: The Language of Good, every content word is treated as containing ijo [word] in its semantic space. For example, pali can mean ijo pali and thence "worker". This style is sometimes called "X = ijo X".

Spatial kepeken and sama[edit | edit source]

As prepositions, kepeken and sama are given the additional spatial senses of "through" and "alongside", respectively, as it was noticed that all of the other prepositions can convey spatial information.

Three-color system[edit | edit source]

By removing laso and jelo from the color system, walo, loje, and pimeja are left to convey brightness, warmth or saturation, and darkness, respectively.

nimi sin[edit | edit source]

aku[edit | edit source]

aku in sitelen pona
Pronunciation /ˈa.ku/
Usage 2024: N/ACaution: This word has not been surveyed for. Most speakers likely don't understand it.2023: Not notable (1%)
Book and era No book
Part of speech Content word

aku (sitelen pona: aku) is a marginal content word relating to surprise and to flavors such as sourness, created "in order to expand the taste words".[2]

anta[edit | edit source]

anta in sitelen pona
Pronunciation /ˈan.ta/
Usage 2024: N/ACaution: This word has not been surveyed for. Most speakers likely don't understand it.2023: Not notable (1%)
Book and era No book
Part of speech Content word

anta (sitelen pona: anta) is a marginal content word relating to oil, created "in order to expand the taste words".[2]

ata and ulu[edit | edit source]

Pronunciation /ˈa.ta/
Usage 2024: N/ACaution: This word has not been surveyed for. Most speakers likely don't understand it.2023: Not notable (0%)
Book and era No book
Part of speech Preverb, content word
Pronunciation /ˈu.lu/
Usage 2024: N/ACaution: This word has not been surveyed for. Most speakers likely don't understand it.2023: Not notable (0%)
Book and era No book
Part of speech Preverb, content word
sitelen pona for {{tp|ata}} and {{tp|ulu}}. Both consists of a bracket like for {{tp|la}}, with a dot on the concave side and a horizontal line extending from the convex side. The convex side of {{tp|ata}} faces left while that of {{tp|ulu}} faces right
sitelen pona for ata and ulu

ata and ulu are marginal content words and preverbs relating to timeframes. They allow for more explicit descriptions of sequential events.

ata, from Latin -ata, describes the time after a completed action, and as a preverb means "to have (done) (something)". By contrast, ulu, from Latin -ulus, describes the time before a coming action, and as a preverb means "to be about (to do something)".

inta[edit | edit source]

inta in sitelen pona
Pronunciation /ˈin.ta/
Usage 2024: N/ACaution: This word has not been surveyed for. Most speakers likely don't understand it.2023: Not notable (0%)
Book and era No book
Part of speech Semiparticle

inta is a marginal semiparticle roughly meaning "at least" or "definitely", and "actually".

jule[edit | edit source]

jule in sitelen pona
Pronunciation /ˈju.le//j/ sounds like English Y, as in "fjord" or "hallelujah".
Usage 2024: N/ACaution: This word has not been surveyed for. Most speakers likely don't understand it.2023: Obscure (4% ↗︎ )2022: Obscure (1%)
Book and era No book (post-ku)
Part of speech Content word

jule (sitelen pona: jule) is an obscure content word relating to wavering, either physically, or in possibility or opinion.

kana[edit | edit source]

kana in sitelen pona
Pronunciation /ˈka.na/
Usage 2024: N/ACaution: This word has not been surveyed for. Most speakers likely don't understand it.2023: Not notable (1%)
Book and era No book
Part of speech Content word

kana (sitelen pona: kana) is a marginal content word relating to unreal imagery.

kasan[edit | edit source]

Pronunciation /ˈka.san/
Usage 2024: N/ACaution: This word has not been surveyed for. Most speakers likely don't understand it.2023: Not notable (0%)
Book and era No book
Part of speech Content word

kasan, from Malay کاچڠ (kacang), is a marginal content word relating to legumes, seeds, nuts, beans, soy, lentils, and other hard-shelled fruit.[2]

lapan[edit | edit source]

Pronunciation /ˈla.pan/
Usage 2024: N/ACaution: This word has not been surveyed for. Most speakers likely don't understand it.2023: Not notable (1%)
Book and era No book
Part of speech Content word

lapan, from Arabic لَبَن (laban, "milk, dairy products"), is a marginal content word relating to dairy and other creamy, fatty, rich, and smooth things.[2]

nowi[edit | edit source]

nowi in sitelen pona
Pronunciation /ˈno.wi/
Usage 2024: N/ACaution: This word has not been surveyed for. Most speakers likely don't understand it.2023: Not notable (1%)
Book and era No book
Part of speech Content word

nowi (sitelen pona: nowi) is a marginal content word relating to connections, mutuality, and exchange, originally coined to replace esun.[2]

siwala[edit | edit source]

siwala in sitelen pona
Pronunciation /ˈsi.wa.la/
Usage 2024: N/ACaution: This word has not been surveyed for. Most speakers likely don't understand it.2023: Not notable (0%)
Book and era No book
Part of speech Content word

siwala (sitelen pona: siwala), from Tagalog tiwalà ("trust, faith, belief"), is a marginal content word relating to "the quality of being outside of understanding but accepted as reality; the quality of being not wished to be understood by one for the benefits associated with not understanding".[2]

teki[edit | edit source]

Pronunciation /ˈte.ki/
Usage 2024: N/ACaution: This word has not been surveyed for. Most speakers likely don't understand it.2023: Not notable (0%)
Book and era No book
Part of speech Content word

teki, from Japanese ()()(ごと) (dekigoto, "incident, event"), is a marginal content word relating to cases, circumstances, situations, events, states of affair and being, and status.[2] Its semantic space overlaps that of tenpo.

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ilo Powa [@flora_key]. (29 July 2023). Message in the #the nasa renaissance and its results thread in #toki-suli. ma pona pi toki pona. Discord. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 ilo Powa [@flora_key]. (30 July 2023). Message in the #the nasa renaissance and its results thread in #toki-suli. ma pona pi toki pona. Discord. Retrieved 3 April 2024.