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Names
Names
Because
proper
names
don't
have
symbols
that
are
widely
understood
,
they
get
written
in
a
particular
way
.
Each
sound
/
letter
of
a
name
gets
written
out
with
any
sitelen
pona
character
that
starts
with
the
same
sound
/
letter
.
The
finished
name
then
gets
enclosed
by
a
cartouche
-
a
border
that
wraps
around
the
name
as
a
whole
:
ma
[kasialasanasinawenteloa]
Which
characters
get
chosen
is
up
to
preference
and
can
hold
personal
value
.
Here
is
the
exact
same
word
written
in
two
different
,
equally
valid
ways
:
jan
[pilininsateloen]
jan
[ponailotawaesun]
Note
that
names
in
Toki
Pona
don't
appear
on
their
own
.
A
regular
Toki
Pona
word
,
which
describes
the
concept
of
the
namee
,
goes
in
front
.