lete
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| Pronunciation | /ˈle |
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| Usage | 2023: Core (99% ↗︎ )2022: Core (98%) |
| Book and era | nimi pu |
| Part of speech | Content word |
| Codepoint | U+F1926 |
lete is a core content word relating to coldness.
Etymology
The word lete is derived from Acadian French frette, meaning "cold".[1]
Semantic space
The semantic space of lete includes cold, frozen, and uncooked things. The antonym of this word is seli, which describes heat.
telo li kama lete la ona li kama kiwentelo li kama lete la ona li kama kiwen.
When water freezes (becomes cold), it becomes solid.
According to lipamanka's dictionary, lete is sometimes "used to describe… unprocessed ore."[2][citation needed…]
Latitude
Geographically, lete is sometimes used to describe places far from the equator. One example is ma Amelika lete for North America, contrasted with South America which crosses the equator. Using lete to mean "north" in all cases would be biased around the Northern Hemisphere and may require proper context in order to be understood.
Latitudinal usage of lete is first attested in 2007.[3]
pu
In the "Official Toki Pona Dictionary" section, the book Toki Pona: The Language of Good defines lete as:
ADJECTIVE cold, cool; uncooked, raw
ku
For Toki Pona Dictionary, respondents in ma pona pi toki pona translated these English words as lete:[4]
cold5, raw3, frozen3, freeze2, cool2
sitelen pona
The sitelen pona glyph for lete () is an asterisk representing a simple snowflake. The rotation of the glyph is unimportant.
sitelen sitelen
References
- ↑ Word Origins. Archived from the original on 2 November 2019. Toki Pona.
- ↑ lipamanka. "toki pona dictionary". lipamanka.gay.
- ↑ John E. Clifford. (29 March 2007). "Re: A few questions". Toki Pona Forums. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
- ↑ Lang, Sonja. (18 July 2021). Toki Pona Dictionary. Illustrated by Vacon Sartirani. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292362. p. 265.
Further
- "lete" on lipu Linku
- "lete" on lipu Wikipesija
- "lete" on English Wiktionary