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==Etymology==
The etymology of the word {{tp|esun}} is uncertain.
The word might possibly originate from {{w|Twi language|Twi}} ''{{lang|tw|edwom}}'', meaning "market (place)",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://learnakandictionary.com/english-twi/market/|title=Twi Translation of "market"|website=LEARNAKANDICTIONARY.COM|access-date=19 October 2023}}</ref> as noted by {{tok|ale sa}} in 2023.<ref>{{cite Discord|name={{tok|ale sa}}|username=nim64|url=https://discord.com/channels/969386329513295872/969799336563212298/1163307396924444803|server={{tp|kama sona}}|channel=learning-general}}</ref>
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=={{tp|sitelen pona}}==
The {{tp|[[sitelen pona]]}} glyph for {{tp|esun}} ({{UCSUR char|{{codepoint|esun}}}}) is derived from the {{w|Mi'kmaq hieroglyphs}}, according to {{tok|jan Sonja}} in a message from 2021.<ref>{{cite Discord|name={{tok|[[jan Sonja]]}}|username=sonjalang|url=https://discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/301377942062366741/813973250320760852|server={{tp|ma pona pi toki pona}}|channel={{tok|toki-pona}}|quote=i think that [symbol] is from Mikmaq}}</ref> It is unknown, however, which hieroglyph it originated from.
==History==
{{Historical}}
The word {{tp|esun}} was first used in the [[Toki Pona Forums]] around 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forums.tokipona.org/viewtopic.php?p=4314#p4314|title=Re: New member - some Questions
|website=Toki Pona Forums|author=Rodrigo Portela Sánchez|date=2007-12-02|access-date=2024-02-21}}</ref> In 2009, the Toki Pona Wiki defined the word as the following, focusing primarily on the sense of the place and event of market.<ref name="ote2009">{{cite web|url=http://forums.tokipona.org/viewtopic.php?t=1146|title=Comments on esun|website=Toki Pona Forums|author={{tok|jan Ote}}|date=2009-10-09|access-date=2024-02-21}}</ref>
<blockquote>
1. market
: a community event where people trade goods; market, marketplace, bazaar, trading place
2. store
: a place where goods are offered for sale; store, shop
</blockquote>
In a forum thread, {{tok|jan Ote}} critiques the definitions listed for {{tp|esun}}, commenting on this, arguing that it was a secondary meaning to the meaning of "to trade". In the thread, {{tok|jan Sonja}} clarified that she considered the sense of the event as more culturally important than trading for itself.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forums.tokipona.org/viewtopic.php?p=5356#p5356|title=Re: Comments on {{tok|esun}}|website=Toki Pona Forums|date=2009-10-09|access-date=2024-02-21}}</ref> In 2013, the definition was subsequently clarified to the following:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.tokipona.org/wiki/esun|title={{tok|esun}}|website=Toki Pona|archive-url=https://archive.ph/QG9Fs|archive-date=2013-07-05|url-status=dead|access-date=2024-02-21}}</ref>
<blockquote>
1. fair
: a community event where people socialize and exchange goods or information; exhibition, fair, function, get-together, market, occasion, reception, reunion, social affair, social event, social gathering
2. trading place
: a place where goods are offered for trade; bazaar, farmers' market, marketplace, shop, shopping mall, store, trading place
</blockquote>
It also clarifies the use of {{tp|tenpo esun}} for meaning "week":
<blockquote>
The term {{tok|tenpo esun}} (''market period'') can be used to express the concept of "week". This originates from the widespread human custom of a farmers' market, a specific market day that reoccurs every so many days. If everyone in a region agrees to travel to a certain place on a certain day, it makes trading a lot simpler. In modern times, the week has been set to 7 days, but many other durations have existed in history.
</blockquote>
==See also==
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