eliki
| Pronunciation | /ˈe |
|---|---|
| Usage | 2023: Obscure (3%) Most speakers don't understand this word.
|
| Book and era | No book |
| Part of speech | Content word |
eliki is a nimi sin coined by kulupu telo mun.
Semantic space
eliki is defined as:
trial, adversity; bittersweet; an experience with the quality of being deeply felt or important to oneself while defying classification as positive, negative, or a simply described admixture of positive and negative
It is intended "to help people describe a range of identities and experiences important to them" that may not be sufficiently described by pakala, pona, ike, nasa, or other words. As such, specific usage varies between speakers.
eliki generally describes immutable things that can cause pain or distress, but should be viewed as value-neutral or have become part of one's identity. It is often used for disabilities for which a cure is unpresent or unwanted. The philosophy of eliki is similar to identity-first language (for example, "autistic person", "Deaf person"), which certain disabled communities prefer to person-first language ("person with…") because their eliki are an inseparable part of who they are.
According to a document edited from July 14 to August 5, 2023, "the factors that determine eliki seem to be":[1]
- chronicity
- the long term effects of the experience
- the importance of the experience to identity
- nature vs nurture
- not implicitly having negative connotations, (more comfortable for some speakers?)
- moving away from implicitly negative language to describe body and behavior traits, combating ableism and internalized ableism
- being able to speak about deeper things such as poverty or systemic oppression with a focus on how they effect the person and how that can be mitigated
- still leaving room for the user to describe it as ike, pona, pakala, nasa, etc however they like
sitelen pona
These images are examples of the intended sitelen pona glyph for eliki, from kulupu telo mun:
As of summer 2023, most sitelen pona fonts have not updated to support eliki yet.
sitelen sitelen
The following sitelen sitelen glyph was designed by jan Salinsen, a.k.a. waso suno, based on the sitelen pona glyph by kulupu telo mun and the sitelen sitelen glyph for telo.
