extra words not covered

vocab

pu words

󱤳 meli - woman, female, feminine person; wife

󱤵 mije - man, male, masculine person; husband

ku suli

󱥻 kipisi - split, cut, slice, sever; sharp

󱥼 leko - stairs, square, block, corner, cube

󱥽 monsuta - fear, dread; monster, predator; threat, danger

󱦁 soko - fungus, fungi

󱦅 lanpan - take, seize, catch, receive, get

󱦇 misikeke - medicine, medical

󱦀 kijetesantakalu - any animal from the Procyonidae family, such as raccoons, coatis, kinkajous, olingos, ringtails and cacomistles

󱦆 n - (indicates thinking, pondering, recognition, agreement, or humming)

󱥿 jasima - reflect, resound, mirror, be on the opposite/polar end of

󱦂 meso - midpoint, medium, mediocre; neither one not the other, neither fully is nor isn't

󱦈 ku - interacting with the Toki Pona Dictionary by Sonja Lang

reasoning for exclusion

my reasoning for excluding these words was to create a compromise between my own style and pu's style - i use some ku suli, but they weren't included because they're not pu. pu has meli and mije, but i don't, so i also didn't include that.

another reason for not including meli and mije is that i see these words as pretty unnecessary, and beginners often use them far too much. i just want to encourage you to think extra hard about whether or not you really need to use meli and mije in most contexts.

you don't have to be as extreme as i am about meli and mije, though.

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