ete
| Pronunciation | /ˈe |
|---|---|
| Usage | 2023: Obscure (4% ↘︎ ) Most speakers don't understand this word.2022: Obscure (5%)
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| Book and era | nimi ku lili (post-pu) |
| Part of speech | Content word |
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ete is an obscure word and nimi ku lili relating to something physically outside of or beyond something else.
Etymology[edit | edit source]
The word ete is derived from Turkish öte, meaning "beyond". It was coined in 2019 by jan inwin in the ma pona pi toki pona community.[1]
Semantic space[edit | edit source]
The semantic space of ete, as a spatial word, includes objects which are physically outside of or beyond something else. By extension, it refers to things that are beyond a certain degree, which is sometimes used to form superlatives.
mi etetomomi ete tomo.[2]
I move past the house.
lipu ni li pona etelipu ni li pona ete.[3]
This book is exceedingly good [the best].
ku[edit | edit source]
For Toki Pona Dictionary, respondents in ma pona pi toki pona translated these English words as ete:[4]
exceed1, beyond1
sitelen pona[edit | edit source]
ete has multiple proposed sitelen pona glyphs.
The most common glyph for ete (ete) is a location dot above a closed box, to avoid confusion with secular sewi which uses a turned open box instead. It was designed by nimi Elemenopi in July 2020.[5][6]
Another proposed glyph for ete (ete2) is derived from the pu glyph for sewi, with a diagonal arrow from the nadir to a dot at the apex.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ jan inwin [@orsetto]. (29 June 2019). [Message posted in the
#tomo-toki-pini-antechannel in the ma pona pi toki pona Discord server]. Discord. Retrieved 14 January 2024. - ↑ jan Maliku [@_maliku]. (29 June 2019). [Message posted in the
#tomo-toki-pini-antechannel in the ma pona pi toki pona Discord server]. Discord. Retrieved 14 January 2024. "mi ete tomo - I move past the house". - ↑ jan inwin [@orsetto]. (29 June 2019). [Message posted in the
#tomo-toki-pini-antechannel in the ma pona pi toki pona Discord server]. Discord. Retrieved 14 January 2024. "lipu ni li pona ete - this book is exceedingly good/the best". - ↑ Lang, Sonja. (18 July 2021). Toki Pona Dictionary. Illustrated by Vacon Sartirani. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292362. p. 206.
- ↑ nimi Elemenopi [u/ElemenopiTheSequel]. (26 July 2020). "I made a sitelen pona glyph for every non-pu word in the "nimi ale pona" dictionary". r/tokipona. Reddit. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ↑ nimi Elemenopi [u/ElemenopiTheSequel]. (15 August 2020). "Here are the official glyphs for the 1b words in the NA". r/OffThePu. Reddit. Retrieved 28 December 2023. "[Key: black] = original, made by me".
Further reading[edit | edit source]
- "ete" on lipu Linku