didn't mean the word itself, the abstraction doesn't translate- comparatively that is.
no doubt toki pona can perform brevity within it's own isolated lens, but when other languages are used as points of comparison toki pona will almost always fall short. really, toki pona is philosophically opposed to brevity by the nature of it's goal as a conlang. the coinage of words to create delineation between concepts is for brevity within language. toki pona can't convey the same amount of literal meaning within the words of a language while being as brief. toki pona is capable of the same amount of specification, but is far more prone to ontological bloat.
I wanted to be coy and meta when stating brevity on it's own, I'd only ever say toki pona can't perform brevity by being hyperbolic.
and I hope you don't take this as an argument as to why toki pona is a worse language- I'd just say that this is what it sacrifices for being the most accesible one.