Appendix:Toki Pona/monsuta

Glyph origin
The sitelen pona glyph represents a mouth with sharp teeth.

Etymology
From, from.

Adjective

 * 1) scary, monstrous, disturbing
 * 2)  dangerous
 * 3)  scared
 * 1)  dangerous
 * 2)  scared
 * 1)  scared

Noun

 * 1) scary creature or entity, monster, demon, predator, beast
 * 2) something scary, a source of fear; a danger or threat; horror
 * 3)  fear, dread
 * monsuta
 * 1) something scary, a source of fear; a danger or threat; horror
 * 2)  fear, dread
 * monsuta
 * monsuta

Verb

 * 1)  to be scary or monstrous; to be a monster
 * 2)  to turn something or someone scary or monstrous; to turn something or someone into a monster or an object of fear
 * 3)  to scare
 * 4)  to fear
 * 1)  to scare
 * 2)  to fear

Usage notes

 * monsuta is not commonly used as a transitive verb, and its meaning when used transitively is not very stable or well-defined.


 * monsuta being used for both "to scare" and "to fear" has inspired the "monsutatesu" thesis, which posits that various Toki Pona words are autoantonyms when used as verbs. Other examples include, , , and.


 * This word was created by Sonja Lang before the publication of her book Toki Pona: The Language of Good (2014) and not included in it. It has since been recognized as essential vocabulary (nimi ku suli) by Lang in her 2021 publication The Toki Pona Dictionary.


 * According to Linku, this word is classified as "widespread", being used by 83% of respondents in a poll from August 2022.