bad etymology

jan Sala

jo comes from English “yo”, because when you say “yo” to someone, you have their attention

jan Takota

“akesi” comes from “a kiss” because of The Princess and The Frog

waso suno

nimi jo li tan nimi Inli “yo mamma” tan ni: mi jo e mama sina

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unpa comes from oompa loompa because early toki pones were into them a lot

jan Sepulon

& Same for “lupa”. Yeah they were REALLY into oompa loompas!

jan Kekan San

nimi sin li kama tan nimi sin pi toki Inli
ni li tan ni:
jan li pakala ike tawa sewi la ona li alasa kama sin tawa sewi. taso ona li sin ike mute la ona li ken ala. pakala

nasa Nowa

nimi “wawa” li tan toki Inli ni: jan li pana e wawa lon sijelo sina kepeken luka ona la, sina toki e ni: “what, what?!”

i Kita

nimi lawa li tan ni → sina kute ala e ona la wawa li pakala e sina

lipamanka

“unpa” comes from the hit song “oompahpah” from oliver, the musical, in which I think it’s probably a euphemism for like sex? or life? not sure which lol go listen to the song

len len

kili is from kill because the kili in the garden brought death to humanity

jan Sapi

nimi ni li tan sitelen tawa Monty Python And The Holy Grail
lon sitelen tawa ni la kulupu pi jan awen li lon. jan pi kulupu ni li toki e nimi Ni! nimi ni li ike tawa jan ante. taso jan pi kulupu ni li toki mute e ni.
lon toki pona la jan li toki mute e nimi ni kin. nimi ni li suli lon toki pona. tan ni la jan pi toki pona li sama jan pi kulupu ni.

jan Pulepo

kijetesantakalu comes from an urban legend that there was a neighborhood raccoon that liked to hide people’s house keys on top of large birds. whenever someone lost their key and someone found it, the exchange would go as such: “do you know where that raccoon hid my key?” “yes, it’s on the curlew”

jan soweli Keki

soweli comes from the foodstuff “Beef Wellington”, a dish which includes a commonly known quadpedal animal. It is reportedly not jan Sonja’s favored dish.

jan jepi Tesamo

“poki” comes from “PokeBall” because you gotta catch them all or something like that….

jan punki

misa comes from “meeska mooska mickey mouse”

nasa Nowa

nimi “akesi” li tan kalama musi ni. jan Sonja li lukin e akesi, li pilin pona a tan pona wawa pi akesi ale, li toki e ni: “akesi clearly now, the rain is gone 🦎 😄 ”

ona li “akesi” li “akensi” ala tan seme? jan ala li sona. seme la jan Sonja li ken toki e sitelen lili? kin la, jan ala li sona.

i Kita

· nimi pakala li kama tan nimi pa · ike li lon la jan li mu pa · ike suli li lon la pa kala · (tenpo ni la nimi kala li ike sama nimi akesi pi tenpo pini poka · taso jan [Sonja] li toki e o moku e kala pona la ijo ante pi selo nasa li kama ike tawa jan pi toki [pona]) ·

jan tenpi

“lipu” comes from “LiPo battery” which are the type of batteries that might power your e-book reader device.

jan Koko

“misikeke” comes from “mi sike”, it’s something that your meds would say