Meaning of tokiponize | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To transliterate (a name or loanword) into the phonology of Toki Pona.
   transitive
2. Alternative letter-case form of tokiponize.
   alt-of
3. To translate or localize into Toki Pona.
   transitive

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Examples

“I know⟳ of lipu Linku. However, it doesn’t have⟳ the names for all the ma and toki (e.g. toki Inli, ma Mewika, etc.), and I do not know⟳ all the endonyms so that I can tokiponize as needed. Is there a site with those? I know⟳ Wiktionary has some, but only in an appendix and it’s inconvenient to access.”

“About the last⟳ translation, some would deem necessary to tokiponize names, i.e. turning all the sounds not present⟳ in toki pona into their closest toki pona equivalent.”

“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 a very good reason⟳ for changing the "w" to an "l": the English name⟳ "Arizona" comes from the O'odham name⟳ "alĭ ṣonak," which tokiponizes to "ma Alisona." […] However, somewhere like⟳, say⟳, New Mexico would be tokiponized as "ma Jotojajoso" (based off of the Navajo name⟳ "Yootó Hahoodzo").”

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