Toki Pona: Archaic Words
- iki – he/she/it, use ona instead.
- kan – the word for “with” or “among.” use poka instead
- kapa – hill, mountain, or a button, use nena instead.
- kapesi – brown, grey, use pimeja instead
- leko – stairs, square
- for stairs, use “anpa nasin pi supa mute” or ”anpa pi nasin pi supa mute”, or nasin (tawa anpa / tawa sewi)
- for square, use “selo pi linja tu tu” or “selo pi poka tu tu”, four lined shape vs four sided shape.
- majuna - old, use sin ala instead.
- pasila – good, easy. Use pona instead.
- pata – sibling, brother, sister. Use jan sama
- po – four. Depending on how you strongly you feel about numbers, either there is no replacement or there are several competing replacements, including tu tu
- powe – unreal, false, untrue, pretend, deceive, trick, use [what?]
- tuli – three. See explanation for ‘po’, use tu wan or some other competing numbering system.
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