If you're a wordnerd who occasionally plays with Old English (the language, not the wood polish) then you might come up with a fun word such as
ǣlmiht
which means "eel power."
Holy flat tails of Flotsam and Jetsam, Batman!
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X-tra! X-tra! Hear all about it! Double Xs, double Ns, and two-for-one words mean twice as much fun here at T&B. This week we're BENEFIT(T)ING from alt spellings; leading the way on LEITMOTIFs; and getting the LOWDOWN on compounds. Oh, and Sam, we accept your apology.
**TP compounds / nimi wan lon toki pona**
akesi suli : big reptile, especially dragon; dinosaur
ike lukin : bad to see, ugly
ilo kipisi : cutting tool, especially scissors; knife ; ax
ilo moku : eating tool, especially spoon, fork, knife
ilo nanpa : number tool, especially calculator
ilo sitelen : writing tool, especially pen; pencil
ilo sona : knowledge machine, especially computer
ilo suno : light tool, especially flashlight
ilo toki : talking tool, especially cellphone
ilo utala : fighting tool, especially weapon
jan ike : bad person, especially enemy
jan lawa : leading person, especially chief, leader; king, president
jan lili : little person, especially child ; dwarf, imp
jan pakala : broken person, especially victim
jan pona : good person, especially friend
jan sama : brother, sister, sibling
jan sewi : high person, especially god
jan sona : knowledge person, especially teacher
jan sitelen : writing person, especially writer; painting person, especially painter
jan suli : big person, especially adult ; giant
jan utala : fighting person, especially soldier, warrior
kalama musi : fun/artistic sound, especially music
kama jo : come to have, especially get, receive
kama sona : come to known, especially learn
kasi anpa : low plant, especially grass
kasi kule: colourful plant, especially flower
kasi suli : big plant, especially tree
kasi wawa : strong plant, especially spices
kulupu jan : personal group, especially tribe, clan; club, community
kulupu mama : parental group, especially family
kulupu lawa : leading group, especially government
len lawa : head cloth, especially hat
len noka : foot cloth, especially shoes; leg cloth, especially trousers
len olin : love cloth, especially lingerie
lape kalama : sleap noisely/loudly, especially snore
lipu tomo : homepage
lipu sitelen : writing document, especially letter, article
ma kasi : plant land, especially garden
ma lili : little land, especially state, province, länder
ma tomo : house land, especially town
ma tomo lili : little house land, especially village
ma tomo suli : big house land, especially city
mama meli : female parent, mother
mama mije : male parent, father
pana e sona : to give knowledge, to teach
poki kalama : sound box, especially radio
poki sitelen : image box, especially television
pona lukin : good to see, beautiful
sike tu : two wheels, especially bicycle
sitelen tawa : moving pictures, especially movie
sitelen ma : land drawing, especially map
suna lili : little lights, especially stars
supa lape : sleeping surface, especially bed
supa moku : eating surface, especially table
supa monsi : butt surface, especially chair
supa pali : working surface, especially desk
supa sitelen : writing surface, especially desk
tawa musi : go funnily/artisticly , especially to dance
tawa weka : go away, run away
telo linja : line water, especially river
telo nasa : crazy water, especially alcohol, wine, bear
telo pimeja seli : warm dark water, especially coffee
telo suli : big water, especially sea, ocean
tenpo kama : coming time, future
tenpo pimeja : dark time, especially night
tenpo pini : finished time, especially past
tenpo sike : year
tenpo sike suno : time around the sun, especially birthday
tenpo suno : light time, day
tomo mani : money house, especially bank
tomo moku : eating house, especially restaurant
tomo tawa : moving indoor place, especially car
tomo telo : water room, especially bathroom
unpa lukin : sexy to see, sexy looking
waso nasa : stupid bird, especially duck
waso wawa : strong bird, especially eagle
wile moku : want to eat, be hungry
wile sona : want to know, especially ask
https://www.memrise.com/course/105295/toki-pona-compound-words/7/
https://jprogr.github.io/TokiPonaDictionary/
https://www.reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/2702zx/toki_pona_compound_word_list/
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1l426iKYMoZ4M0ibCSXAUX4LDe0QuIwTtl8xG3omqMa8/edit#gid=0
http://www.suburbandestiny.com/?p=248
https://www.cram.com/flashcards/toki-pona-compound-words-2185629
http://www.suburbandestiny.com/?p=214
https://quizlet.com/246291678/toki-pona-vocab-35-compound-words-flash-cards/
http://forums.tokipona.org/viewtopic.php?t=2724
https://www.reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/ap8enp/does_a_toki_pona_dictionary_containing_the/
https://www.reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/hdkthd/are_there_any_toki_pona_learning_resources_in/
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qpN-x6g6LEXIllq5eIKkamL7dpsIcLzjOYpHSGCzHUs/htmlview?hl=en#gid=0
https://github.com/ttm/tokipona/blob/master/data/toki-pona_english.txt?fbclid=IwAR3r7cjjGWyNg7SEjhCENcj0BGeInDvbB0xrOJC2QpfPtVG7ZGDvX0ahmt0
http://forums.tokipona.org/viewtopic.php?t=851
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Here's a brief course on useful combinations of the classic Toki Pona words; some are canon, and some are my own that work in theory. If you have any to add, do please message me! jan li ken kepeken e kulupu nimi lon toki pona. mi pana e sona pi kulupu nimi ni tawa sina. sina sona e kulupu nimi ante la, o pana e ona tawa mi! nimi suli ante.
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