sitelen pona font from here
this website's name in toki pona is "lipu Sipapan" and in sitelen pona it is lipu[sinilopalialeponaalanasa]
With that sitelen pona name, I chose the backronym to have words that described the site, specifically 'another, tool, make, all, good, not, crazy'
I came up with the following technical words (and found some)
| meaning | toki pona | sitelen pona | literal |
|---|---|---|---|
| math | pali nanpa | pali&nanpa | number work |
| algebra | pali nanpa pi pona e pakala | pali&nanpa pi(pona e pakala) | number work of fixing broken |
| plus | en | en | and |
| minus | weka | weka | away |
| times | kulupu | kulupu | group |
| equals | li sama | li sama | is same |
| divided by | kipisi | kipisi | divide |
| to the power of | sewi | sewi | divine |
| even | ken kipisi tu | ken kipisi tu | can divide by two |
| odd | ken ala kipisi tu | ken ala kipisi tu | can not divide by two |
| (square) root of | open (leko) pi | open leko pi | (square) beginning of |
| geometry | pali nanpa pi sitelen | pali&nanpa pi(sitelen) | number work of images |
| circle | sike | sike | circle |
| oval | sike linja | sike&linja | stretchable circle |
| triangle | poka tu wan | poka tu wan | three (two one) side |
| scalene | open sama ala | open sama ala | no same open |
| isosceles | open sama tu | open sama tu | same two open |
| equilateral | open sama ale | open sama ale | all same open |
| angle | open | open | open |
| acute | lili | lili | small |
| right | poka wan kipisi tu | poka wan kipisi tu | half (one divide two) line |
| obtuse | suli | suli | big |
| straight | poka | poka | line |
| reflex | poka suli | poka&suli | big line |
| quadrilateral | poka tu tu | poka tu tu | four (two two) side |
| trapezoid | poka tu tu supa tu | poka tu tu supa tu | four side two tables |
| parallelogram | poka tu tu supa tu supa tu | poka tu tu supa tu supa tu | four side two tables two tables |
| kite | poka tu tu sama tu sama tu | poka tu tu sama tu sama tu | four side two same two same |
| rhombus | poka tu tu sama tu tu | poka tu tu sama tu tu | four side four same |
| rectangle | leko linja | leko&linja | stretchable square |
| square | leko | leko | square |
| irregular (polygon) | (sitelen poka) kepeken ala sama | sitelen poka kepeken ala sama | (image side) without same |
| degree | lili pi sike | lili pi(sike) | little of circle |
| metric system | nasin pi nanpa pona | nasin pi(nanpa&pona) | system of good numbers |
| meter | palisa | palisa | stick (unconventional meaning of length) |
| liter | telo | telo | liquid |
| gram | suli | suli | heavy |
| (count) (prefix)(unit) | (nimi wan) (nanpa) pi (nanpa kulupu) | nimi wan pi(nanpa kulupu) | (one name) of (number group) |
| deka | suli wan | suli&wan | one big |
| hecto | suli tu | suli&tu | two big |
| kilo | suli tu wan | suli tu wan | three big |
| mega | suli tu tu | suli tu tu | four big |
| giga | jan suli | jan&suli | giant (big person) |
| tera | monsuta | monsuta | monster |
| peta | luka | luka | five |
| exa | luka wan | luka wan | six |
| zetta | luka tu | luka tu | seven |
| yotta | luka tu wan | luka tu wan | eight |
| ronna | luka tu tu | luka tu tu | nine |
| quetta | suli luka luka | suli luka luka | ten |
| deci | lili wan | lili&wan | one small |
| centi | lili tu | lili&tu | two small |
| milli | lili tu wan | lili tu wan | three small |
| micro | lili tu tu | lili tu tu | four small |
| nano | jan lili | jan&lili | dwarf (little person) |
| pico | sike lili | sike&lili | dot (little circle) |
| femto | luka lili | luka&lili | little five |
| atto | luka wan lili | luka wan lili | little six |
| zepto | lili luka tu | luka tu lili | little seven |
| yocto | lili luka tu wan | luka tu wan lili | little eight |
| rocto | lili luka tu tu | luka tu tu lili | little nine |
| quetta | lili luka luka | luka luka lili | little ten |
| pythagorean theorem | sona Pitakola | sona [pilin ijo telo awen kili olin lape a] | pythagoras knowledge |
| history | pali pini | pali&pini | past work |
| science | pali pi alasa sona | pali pi(alasa sona) | work of searching for knowledge |
| PE | pali wawa | pali&wawa | strength work |
| art | pali sitelen | pali&sitelen | drawing work |
| music | pali kalama | pali&kalama | sound work |
here are some examples:
| meaning | toki pona | sitelen pona | literal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5&9=14 | luka en luka tu tu li sama luka luka tu tu | luka en luka tu tu li sama luka luka tu tu | five and nine (five two two) is same fourteen (five five two two) |
| one cubic decimeter is a liter | palisa wan pi lili wan pi sewi tu wan li telo | wan palisa pi lili wan pi sewi tu wan li telo | one stick of little wan of three divine is liquid |
| the sum of the angles in a triangle is equal to 360° | en pi ale open lon poka tu wan li sama ale ale ale mute mute mute lili pi sike | en pi ale open lon poka tu wan li sama ale ale ale mute mute mute lili pi sike | and of all opening in three (two one) side is same 360(all all all many many many) littles of circles |
| dbwabam meta | technical |
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| blog | credits |