Toki Pona · 7 September 2026
A word a day week
suli
SU-li · /ˈsuli/ · content word
- big
- important
- long
- adult
Finnish suuri, ‘big’, is trimmed to Toki Pona’s phonology and grows semantically to cover size, importance, maturity, and length.
Borrowed luggage
Where it came from
Finnishsuuri
Toki Ponasuli
Suli is borrowed from Finnish suuri, ‘big’ or ‘large’; Toki Pona lacks r, so the adapted form uses l.
- Finnish suuri
Tiny sentence
ma suli li pona.
land big PRED good
“The big land is good.”
Modifiers follow their head: suli describes ma. The same phrase might be understood as a country, continent, or simply large area.
Receipts
Sources and cautions
The sound adaptation is documented; the generous modern semantic range comes from Toki Pona usage and context.