Appendix:Toki Pona/leko

Toki Pona

leko in sitelen pona

Glyph origin

The sitelen pona glyph represents a square inside another.

Etymology

From English Lego, from Danish Lego, from leg godt (“play well”) or Finnish lohko (“block, section”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleko/

• Audio:

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Noun

leko

1. square, cube
2. block, brick, corner
3. (rare) stair, stairs

Usage notes

• 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 70% of respondents in a poll from August 2023.