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==History==

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>

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.

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