tokiponize
Syllables: to·ki·po·nizeUK/ˈtəʊ.ki.pəʊˌnaɪz/
tokiponize verb: to transliterate (a name or loanword) into the phonology of Toki Pona.
Verb (1)
tokiponize (third-person singular simple present tokiponizes, present participle tokiponizing, simple past and past participle tokiponized)
- To transliterate (a name or loanword) into the phonology of Toki Pona.
- 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.2023 June 15, Qaziquza, Lemmy.World
- 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.2024 March 3, Fabio, “Toki Pona Explained: Driving Change through Language”, in Turbolangs
- To translate or localize into Toki Pona.
Verb (2) capitalized: Tokiponize
Tokiponize (third-person singular simple present Tokiponizes, present participle Tokiponizing, simple past and past participle Tokiponized)
- Alternative letter-case form of tokiponize.
Forms of tokiponize
| third-person singular present | tokiponizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | tokiponizing |
| past participle | tokiponized |
| past | tokiponized |
| alternative form | tokiponise |
| alternative form | Tokiponize |
| alternative form | Tokiponise |
| third-person singular present | Tokiponizes |
| present participle | Tokiponizing |
| past participle | Tokiponized |
| past | Tokiponized |
Origin of tokiponize
From Toki Pona + -ize, likely by analogy with romanize or Esperantize or similar.
Words formed from tokiponize
Questions about tokiponize
- What does tokiponize mean?
- Tokiponize means to transliterate (a name or loanword) into the phonology of Toki Pona.
- What part of speech is tokiponize?
- Tokiponize is a verb.
- How do you pronounce tokiponize?
- Tokiponize is pronounced /ˈtəʊ.ki.pəʊˌnaɪz/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of tokiponize?
- The past tense of tokiponize is tokiponized.
Words near tokiponize in the dictionary
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