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/
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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