Appendix:Toki Pona/epiku

Toki Pona

epiku in sitelen pona

Glyph origin

The sitelen pona glyph is a composite of the glyph for pona and emitters.

Etymology

From French épique (“epic”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈepiku/

Adjective

epiku

1. (post-pu, humorous) epic, cool, awesome

   Synonym: pona

Noun

epiku

1. (post-pu, humorous) epicness, the quality or state of being epic

Verb

epiku

1. (post-pu, humorous, transitive, intransitive) to be or to turn epic

Usage notes

• This word was coined by the Toki Pona community after the publication of Sonja Lang's book Toki Pona: The Language of Good (2014). 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 "uncommon", being used by 53% of respondents in a poll from August 2023.