Appendix:Toki Pona/nasa

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Toki Pona[edit]

nasa in sitelen pona

Etymology[edit]

From Tok Pisin nasau, a word only known to exist in the book "Pidgin-English für Papua-Neuguinea: Wort für Wort".[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈnasa/
  • Audio(file)

Adjective[edit]

nasa

  1. weird, unusual, strange
    1. eccentric
    2. unexpected, random
    3. silly
    4. (dated sense) foolish, crazy, stupid
  2. intoxicated, drunk, high
    1. psychoactive, causing intoxication

Noun[edit]

nasa

  1. strangeness
    1. silliness
    2. randomness
    3. intoxication

Verb[edit]

nasa

  1. (intransitive, transitive) to be or turn strange
    1. (intransitive, transitive) to be or turn intoxicated
    2. (dated sense, transitive) to become or drive crazy.

Usage notes[edit]

  • nasa, by default, has a neutral connotation.
  • In the English edition of Toki Pona: The Language of Good, nasa is partially defined as “foolish, crazy”. Many speakers do not recognize this sense. It was deprecated in Toki Pona Dictionary in light of a commitment to non-ableist language.

References[edit]

  1. ^
    2001, Albrecht G. Schaefer, Pidgin-English für Papua-Neuguinea: Wort für Wort, →ISBN, page 164:
    nasau: blöde, verrückt
    nasau: stupid, crazy
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