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According to {{tok|[[jan Sonja]]}}<!-- when? -->, "{{tok|esun}} was told [to her] by a taxi driver who spoke a language from the {{w|Akan languages|Akan family}} in {{w|West Africa}}".<ref>{{citationcite neededDiscord|name={{tok|[[jan Sonja]]}}|username=sonjalang|url=https://discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/599425964325470209/782477889777172480|server={{tp|ma pona pi toki pona}}|channel=tomo-toki-ante|quote={{tok|esun}} was told to me by a taxi driver who spoke a language from the Akan family in West Africa}}</ref> However, it is unclear which language and which word it originated from. It might possibly be from {{w|Twi language|Twi}} ''{{lang|tw|edwom}}'', meaning "market, place of business", as shown by {{tok|ale sa}} in 2023.<ref>{{cite Discord|name={{tok|ale sa}}|username=nim64|date=2023-10-16|url=https://discord.com/channels/969386329513295872/969799336563212298/1163307396924444803|server={{tp|kama sona}}|channel=learning-general}}</ref>

The {{tp|[[sitelen pona]]}} glyph for {{tp|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|date=2021-02-24|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.