Appendix:Toki Pona/monsuta

Toki Pona

monsuta in sitelen pona

Glyph origin

The sitelen pona glyph represents a mouth with sharp teeth.

Etymology

From Japanese モンスター (monsutā, “monster”), from English monster.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmonsuta/

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Adjective

monsuta

1. scary, monstrous, disturbing
   • 2021 February 25, kulupu Aponi, “nasin kulupu li seme?”, in lipu kule‎^[1], archived from the original on 2021-10-15:

     musi la, sitelen la, jan kulupu li monsuta, li jo e jan monsuta lon lawa ona

     In art, in movies, people experiencing multiplicity are [depicted as] monsters, and have scary people inside their heads

   • 2021 October 31, jan Alonola, “tenpo suno monsuta [Scary Day]”, in lipu tenpo‎^[2], number 9, →ISSN, archived from the original on 2021-10-31, page 7:

     jan li pali e seli suli, li jo e len monsuta tan ni: ona li wile weka e jan moli ike.

     People made a large fire and wore scary clothes because they wanted to drive out bad dead people.

   • 2022 October 6, kulupu lintukamakaki, “o kama pona”, in mun monsuta‎^[3], archived from the original on 2022-10-07, page 3:

     toki monsuta mute li lon lipu ni.

     There are many scary stories in this book.

2. (rare) dangerous
3. (rare) scared

Noun

monsuta

1. scary creature or entity, monster, demon, predator, beast
   • 2021 February 25, kulupu Aponi, “nasin kulupu li seme?”, in lipu kule‎^[4], archived from the original on 2021-10-15:

     musi la, sitelen la, jan kulupu li monsuta, li jo e jan monsuta lon lawa ona

     In art, in movies, people experiencing multiplicity are [depicted as] monsters, and have scary people inside their heads

   • 2021 May 7, jan Tekinowi, “monsuta lon ma pi kasi suli”, in lipu tenpo‎^[5], number 4, →ISSN, page 12:

     jan li pilin e ni: monsuta li jan mun. jan ante li pilin e ni: monsuta li waso li wile awen e sike mama ona.

     Some people thought the monster was an alien. Others thought the monster was a bird who wanted to protect its eggs.

   • 2021 September 27, jan Juli, “nanpa open”, in kalama sin‎^[6], episode 1:

     tenpo pini la jan ni li lon ma ni li utala e monsuta.

     In the past these people were in this land and fought a monster.

2. something scary, a source of fear; a danger or threat; horror
   • 2021 October 31, jan Sonatan, lipu tenpo‎^[7], number 9, →ISSN, page 1:

     monsuta li ike tawa sina la o lukin e toki ante e ma Sinkapo.

     If you don't like scary things, take a look at [the section about] other languages and [the article about] Singapore.

3. (rare) fear, dread

   Synonym: pilin monsuta

Verb

monsuta

1. (intransitive) to be scary or monstrous; to be a monster
   • 2022 October 6, kulupu lintukamakaki, “kasi kiki”, in mun monsuta‎^[8], archived from the original on 2022-10-07, page 30:

     kalama ni en pimeja li monsuta lili tawa waso Ki.

     This sound and the darkness were a little scary to Ki the bird.

   • 2021 February 25, kulupu Aponi, “nasin kulupu li seme?”, in lipu kule‎^[9], archived from the original on 2021-10-15:

     musi la, sitelen la, jan kulupu li monsuta, li jo e jan monsuta lon lawa ona

     In art, in movies, people experiencing multiplicity are monsters, and have scary people inside their heads

2. (transitive) to turn something or someone scary or monstrous; to turn something or someone into a monster or an object of fear
3. (transitive) to scare
4. (transitive) to fear

Usage notes

• monsuta is not commonly used as a transitive verb, and its meaning when used transitively is not very stable or well-defined.

• monsuta being used for both "to scare" and "to fear" has inspired the "monsutatesu" thesis, which posits that various Toki Pona words are autoantonyms when used as verbs. Other examples include kalama, lawa, mama, and moku.

• This word was created by Sonja Lang before the publication of her book Toki Pona: The Language of Good (2014) and not included in it. It has since been recognized as essential vocabulary (nimi ku suli) by Lang in her 2021 publication The Toki Pona Dictionary.

• According to Linku, this word is classified as "widespread", being used by 83% of respondents in a poll from August 2022.

See also

• akesi