Appendix:Toki Pona/jalan
Toki Pona
editEtymology
editFrom Finnish jalan (“afoot”) (← Finnish jalka (“foot”)).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editjalan
- (archaic) foot, leg
Verb
editjalan
- (nonstandard) walk
- 2021 September 2, jan Ini, “o jalan!”, in lipu tenpo[1], number 7, →ISSN, archived from the original on 2021-09-24, page 10:
- sina ken jalan lon poka pi tomo sina anu ma ante
- You can walk in the neighborhood of your house or in another outdoors location
Usage notes
editIn 2002 this word was suggested as an alternative for noka, but was subsequently rejected in a community poll. It has seen some very limited usage since the late 2010s.
In lipu Linku this word is classified as "obscure," being used by only 1% of respondents in a poll from August 2022.