This word is obscure, so most speakers will not understand it.
meaning
to use one or more of the "banned" syllables wu, wo, ji, or ti; to break toki pona phonotactics
usage
obscure · 22% usage
found in no book
coined post-pu · 2018
origin
kay(f)to(t)ki(t)po(t)na(t)san(t)ap(t)vlir(t)sang(b)es(p)u(t)vom(b)ngo(p)ngag(t)vlim(p)kay(f)sna(f)yup(f)a(f) · wu ‘(sound)’
kay(f)to(t)ki(t)po(t)na(t)san(t)ap(t)vlir(t)sang(b)es(p)u(t)vom(b)ngo(p)ngag(t)vlim(p)kay(f)sna(f)yup(f)a(f) · wo ‘(sound)’
kay(f)to(t)ki(t)po(t)na(t)san(t)ap(t)vlir(t)sang(b)es(p)u(t)vom(b)ngo(p)ngag(t)vlim(p)kay(f)sna(f)yup(f)a(f) · ji ‘(sound)’
kay(f)to(t)ki(t)po(t)na(t)san(t)ap(t)vlir(t)sang(b)es(p)u(t)vom(b)ngo(p)ngag(t)vlim(p)kay(f)sna(f)yup(f)a(f) · ti ‘(sound)’
coined by unknown
listen
kala Asi
commentary
May be seen not as a word in toki pona, but as a kind of memorisation tool in English to refer to the "banned" syllables. Occasionally extended to wuwojitinmanna to include the illegal consecutive nasal consonants.