nasin

With nasin, Toki Pona draws a conceptual metaphor between paths, directions, methods, and systems of methods.

Physically, nasin can refer to paths like sidewalks, train tracks, roads, and rivers. If I point anywhere, the direction in which I’m pointing is a nasin.

Instructions to assembly IKEA furniture are nasin. Ways of life like veganism and Islam are nasin, as well as systems like the grammar of a language and socialism.