A few extra information for a few words
namako "spices, to spice, to asseason; salt; additional, new" < Japanese なまこ / 海鼠 'sea cucumber; sea slug'
kin "too, also, indeed" [emphasizes the previous word] < Finnish -kin 'even, any'
oko "eye" < Croatian òko 'eye' (cfr. English ocular)
These modern words didn't make 'pu'
kipisi 'to cut' < Inuktitut
monsuta 'monster, fear' < English monster
apeja 'shame, disgrace, dishonor, reproach; shameful' < Finnish 'häpeä' (shame, disgrace, dishonor, reproach)
The obsolescent words have been used
iki 'he, she, it, they' < Georgian "იგი" /igi/ 'he, she, it'
kan 'with' < maybe Welsh "gan" 'with'
leko 'block, stairs' < probably "Lego" (TM)
majuna 'old, ancient' < Esperanto "maljuna"
pata 'brother, sister, sibling' < Tok Pisin brata (< English brother)
These obsolete words where probably never used
jalan 'foot, leg' [voted away replacement for noka suggested by jan Sonja] < Finnish jalan 'on foot, afoot'
kapesi 'brown, grey' < maybe from Georgian კაფეში /k’apeshi/ 'in the café'
pasila 'easy' < Esperanto "facila"
po 'four' < English "four"
powe 'false' < probably French "faux" 'false'
tuli 'three' < English "three"
pake 'block, stop, lock' < Canadian French barrer 'to lock' (10)
sources:
(1) http://forums.tokipona.org/viewtopic.php?t=1216
(2) http://www.suburbandestiny.com/?p=234
(3) http://tokipona.net/tp/janpije/extinctwords.php
(4) http://tokipona.net/tp/janpije/originalwords.php)
(5) https://lingvoforum.net/index.php?topic=56228.175
(6) https://www.reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/3g98le/list_of_all_toki_pona_words_changing_post_kial_mi/
(7) https://www.jchr.be/tokipona/mots.htm
(8) https://www.memrise.com/course/67211/the-other-toki-pona-words/2/
(9) https://www.facebook.com/groups/sitelen/permalink/2017812658273109/
(10) pake < Canadian French barrer 'to lock'
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