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tokiponization en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *talōną Proto-West Germanic *talōn Proto-West Germanic *-ukōn Proto-West Germanic *talkōn Old English *tealcian Middle English talken English talk Tok Pisin tokbor. Toki Pona toki Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.? Proto-Italic *dwenos Archaic Latin duenos Old Latin duonus Latin bonusder. Esperanto bonabor. Toki Pona pona Toki Pona toki ponabor. English Toki Pona Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English tokiponization From Toki Pona + -ization.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The process or result of tokiponizing.
   • I live in the U.S. state of Arizona, and most people who speak Toki Pona would tokiponize this place as "ma Awisona pi ma Mewika." However, I will maintain that this is not correct; the correct tokiponization is "ma Alisona pi ma Mewika." […] There is one very clear tokiponization for Arizona which respects the native language and is also universally understood, and that is "ma Alisona." (Can we date this quote?), “"ma Awisona" is incorrect”, in lipu pi ijo pi toki pona:

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