Toki Pona · 28 September 2026
A word a day week
suno
SU-no · /ˈsuno/ · content word
- sun
- light
- brightness
- to shine
Esperanto suno makes the trip into Toki Pona unchanged in spelling, then widens from the sun itself to light and shining.
Borrowed luggage
Where it came from
Esperantosuno
Toki Ponasuno
Toki Pona borrowed suno directly from Esperanto suno, ‘sun’. Both languages pronounce it with first-syllable stress.
- Esperanto suno
- English sun (Esperanto’s model)
Tiny sentence
suno li seli.
sun PRED hot
“The sun is hot.”
Seli covers heat, fire, cooking, and warmth. A small lexicon lets related ideas share a word.
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Sources and cautions
This is a borrowing chain visible across the three gardens: English influenced Esperanto suno, which directly supplied Toki Pona suno.