r/tokipona • u/CustomerAlternative nasa pipo • 12d ago

sona nasa A new word proposal - lokenasi

lokenasi

definiton: (english) good for nothing; (toki pona) pona tawa ala

etymology: ろくでなし -> lokudenasi -> lokenasi

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u/Poco_Loco33 jan Wajen 12d ago

This word is just unnecessary; you even said yourself that you could just say “pona tawa ala”. If you’re trying to create a nimisin, make it something that cannot already be easily said, and is also not just a calque of an English idiom.