"Toki Pona" meaning in All languages combined

See Toki Pona on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Etymology: From Toki Pona toki pona (literally “good language”), formed from toki (“language”) (from Tok Pisin tok, from English talk) + pona (“good”) (from Esperanto bona (“good”), ultimately from Latin bonus). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|tok|toki pona|lit=good language}} Toki Pona toki pona (literally “good language”), {{der|en|tpi|tok}} Tok Pisin tok, {{der|en|en|talk}} English talk, {{der|en|eo|bona||good}} Esperanto bona (“good”), {{der|en|la|bonus}} Latin bonus Head templates: {{en-proper noun|nolinkhead=1}} Toki Pona
  1. A minimalist constructed language with creole-like elements designed by Sonja Lang. Wikipedia link: Toki Pona Categories (topical): Artificial languages Synonyms: toki pona Translations (constructed language): توكي بونا (tuki buna) (Arabic), такіпона (takipóna) (Belarusian), toki pona (Catalan), 道本語 (Chinese Cantonese), 道本语 (dou⁶ bun² jyu⁵) (Chinese Cantonese), 道本語 (Chinese Mandarin), 道本语 (Dàoběn yǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), Токи Пона (Tok̬i P̬ona) (Chuvash), toki pona (Czech), Toki Pona (Dutch), Tokipono (Esperanto), tokipona (Finnish), טוקי פונה (Hebrew), टोकि पोना (ṭoki ponā) (Hindi), トキポナ (Toki Pona) (Japanese), 도기 보나 (english: Dogi Bona) (Korean), Toki Pona (Limburgish), टोकी पोना (ṭokī ponā) (Marathi), توکی پونا (Persian), toki pona (Portuguese), Toki Pona [masculine] (Portuguese), токипо́на (tokipóna) [feminine] (Russian), toki pona (Spanish), toki pona (Swedish), ภาษาโทคิโพนา (Thai), Toki Pona (Turkish), токі-по́на (toki-póna) (Ukrainian), Toki Pona (Welsh)

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "constructed language",
      "word": "toki pona"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "constructed language",
      "word": "ภาษาโทคิโพนา"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "constructed language",
      "word": "Toki Pona"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "toki-póna",
      "sense": "constructed language",
      "word": "токі-по́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "constructed language",
      "word": "Toki Pona"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Toki Pona"
}

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