Appendix:Toki Pona/namako

Glyph origin
There are two common sitelen pona glyphs for namako. The first, designed in 2016 by James Flear, is derived from the glyph for with an extra stroke added to the bottom. The later glyph was created by Sonja Lang for personal use and shared publicly in 2022. It represents a chili pepper with emitter lines above.

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1)  spice
 * 2) embellishment
 * 1) embellishment

Adjective

 * 1) extra, additional
 * 2) spicy, piquant

Verb

 * 1)  to be or make extra or embellished; to spice

Usage notes

 * In Sonja Lang's book Toki Pona: The Language of Good (2014), namako is presented as a synonym of, alongside (for ) and  (for ). The book Toki Pona Dictionary (2021) notes that the community uses these words differently both before as well as after the publication of Toki Pona: The Language of Good.


 * According to Linku, this word is classified as "widespread", being used by 70% of respondents in a poll from August 2023.