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
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
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].
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For Toki Pona Dictionary, respondents in ma pona pi toki pona translated these English words as ete:[4]
exceed1, beyond1
sitelen pona
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
- ↑ 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
- "ete" on lipu Linku