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MI UNPA E MAMA SINA
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toki jan ale here's the leek spin song in toki pona
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kalama musi li lon tomo poka.
noka mi li pilin musi a.
jasima wile pi mama ona la
jan Ijewa li wile kama.
mi tu o kute ala e mama.
mi tu o tawa o musi wawa.
saliwili inpun tunpun tanpun ja
anpun tunpun ilipanpa.¹
jan mute li toki suwi tawa ona
la jan Ijewa li a a a.²
jan ale li jo e telo lon lawa.
ilo musi li kalama a.
telo lili li ike ala.
mi tu o tawa o musi wawa.
saliwili inpun tunpun tanpun ja
anpun tunpun ilipanpa.
mama pi jan Ijewa li kalama sewi
lon tomo lape pimeja.
lon tomo poka la jan mije ni li
unpa³ e jan meli suwi ona.
mi tu o kute ala e mama.
mi tu o tawa o musi wawa.
saliwili inpun tunpun tanpun ja
anpun tunpun ilipanpa.
kalama li pini la musi li awen.
mi jo e ona lon luka.
mama li utala lon tomo ona.
jan Ijewa li pilin ike a.
mi toki tawa ona: ale li pona,
mi tu o tawa sin o musi wawa.
saliwili inpun tunpun tanpun ja
anpun tunpun ilipanpa.
mi toki tawa mama: sina pini ala
la sina kama pakala.
o weka tan ni, o tawa lape
lon tomo lape jaki sina.
mi wile ala toki suwi
tawa jan meli majuna jaki.
saliwili inpun tunpun tanpun ja
anpun tunpun ilipanpa.
ni li lon: mi anpa ala,
sina wile pali mute tawa ni.
lon ma ala lon tenpo ala la
mi weka e jan Ijewa mi.
mi kute ala e wile pi jan ante,
mi wile taso tawa musi mute.
saliwili inpun tunpun tanpun ja
anpun tunpun ilipanpa.
¹"Salivili hipput tupput täppyt ja äppyt tipput hilijalleen" is gibberish, so I just tokiponized it. A direct tokiponization would be more like "saliwili ipu tupu tapu ja apu sipu ilijalen", but using syllables that end with a nasal preserves the rhythm better, and I don't think si(n) sounds very good in this case. ilipanpa is from hilipampaa, a common nonsense word that is also used by Loituma in this song, just in a different place.
²a a a could be used as a verb to indicate laughter imo
³I don't actually know what nuijjuutti means, but I think unpa works. The song is written in a heavy eastern dialect that is hard to understand at times. Finnish speakers, please let me know if I misinterpreted anything or if something could be worded better.
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nasin suli
(A toki pona translation of "Thoroughfare" by Ethel Cain)
tenpo jan lili la sina kama olin e ma Mewika
tenpo ni la sina wile lukin e ni ale
sina olin e mama sina en olin ona
la sina wile tawa li alasa e olin suwi
mi kama sona e sina lon ma Teka lon nasin suli
mi jo len pakala en palisa utala
mi olin ala jan taso sina toki: "suwi, o kama lon seme"
la mi tawa insa, li ken ala ante
tawa la poki tawa sina pona
[wan sin]
sina toki "a! o kama lukin e ma Wesi poka mi
tan olin li lon ni, mi wile kama jo e ni"
mi toki "suwi, olin ala suli tawa mi
taso sina wile la mi kama poka sina"
mi tu lon nasin tawa ma Kali
sina wile jo olin sina lon ni
lon tomo moku ale
lukin e mi, tenpo wan
lon tomo lape ni
mi lukin ante e sina
tan tenpo wan la mi lukin mije:
ona toki ala ike wawa
ona li toki: tenpo suli la mi tawa tan ma Polita
tenpo ni jan mi ala li lon ni
taso poka sina mi sona e tawa lon seme
mi kama jo e ma sewi
en tenpo tan unpa
suno sina en telo mi
sina weka e sina
li jo ala kon li jo selo telo
[wan sin]
[nasin sewi]
poka telo la sina toki: "pini nasin,
monsi tenpo mute la
mi kama jo ala olin taso mi tawa lon ni"
sina kama e mi li lukin anpa e mi
li toki "o lukin e ni: mi jo e sina
ken la sina li olin mi, mi pilin e ni"
[wan sin]
[pini]
tan tenpo ale la mi wile taso lon insa poki tawa sina poka sina
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mi unpa e mama sina 🟨
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I have a challenge for you!!! Try and translate this sitelen pona!!!
WAAAA????????
SINA IKE A?????????? mi unpa e mama SINA!!!!!!!!!!! sina unpa ala e mama mi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(for my non-toki-pona-speaking followers: im pretty sure the sitelen pona reads "i fucked ur parent")
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God unpa should not be as funny of a word as it is. mi unpa. sina sitelen e unpa? unpa pona?
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TP Rhyme Dictionary
For toki pona songwriters and poets.
mi_soweli | 2019
I have made a list of all rhyming words in toki pona. They are kind of randomly organised, but I tried to put words that rhyme better closer together. Enjoy!
a la ma ala kala utala pakala nasa alasa mama sama pana lawa tawa wawa kalama kama anpa nanpa apeja pimeja nena weka sina palisa insa linja ona pona sona noka poka lupa supa luka uta monsuta unpa
jan pan tan wan
e ale lape ante lete seme ike sike mije wile loje mute kute kule
en len sitelen ken kepeken kiwen awen open
li mi ni pi ali pali jaki kasi mani akesi meli seli soweli sewi kili lili nimi pini pipi kipisi moli poki toki monsi musi suli suwi
kin lukin sin nasin olin pilin sinpin
o jo ko laso taso waso namako walo jelo selo sijelo leko tenpo telo ijo ilo oko tomo suno
kon lon
mu pu tu anu kijetesantakalu lipu moku kulupu
esun mun
Please tell me if I have made a mistake!
https://www.reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/e1lxon/for_toki_pona_songwriters_and_poets/
#TokiPona #rhyme #kalama_sama #anno2019
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