natu

	eki
Pronunciation	/ˈe.ki/;
Usage	2023: Not notable (1% ↗︎ )<img alt="Caution:" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Ambox_warning_pn.svg" decoding="async" width="12" height="10" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="445"> Most speakers don't understand this word.2022: Obscure (0%)
Book and era	No book (post-pu)
Part of speech	Content word

	aka
Pronunciation	/ˈa.ka/;
Usage	2023: Not notable (1% ↗︎ )<img alt="Caution:" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Ambox_warning_pn.svg" decoding="async" width="12" height="10" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="445"> Most speakers don't understand this word.2022: Obscure (0%)This word is deprecated.
Book and era	No book (post-ku)
Part of speech	Content word

	natu
Pronunciation	/ˈna.tu/;
Usage	2023: Obscure (3% → ) Most speakers don't understand this word.2022: Obscure (3%)
Book and era	No book (post-pu)
Part of speech	Content word

natu is an obscure content word and nimi sin relating to crossings and overlaps.

Etymology Edit

The word natu is derived from Vietnamese ngã tư, meaning "four-way intersection; crossroads". It was coined by jan Lakuse in 2020.^[1]^[2]

Semantic space Edit

The semantic space of natu includes correlations, commonalities, crosses, knots, junctions, and intersections. As a verb, it can mean to overlap or fold, or to overstep, to exceed to a point.

sitelen pona Edit

The sitelen pona glyph for natu (natu) is an upwards arrow with a horizontal stroke, possibly inspired by the glyph for nasin and representing the intersection of two paths.

The same glyph is also used for the synonyms aka and eki.

Related words Edit

aka Edit

aka is a marginal and deprecated synonym for natu coined by kulupu Eki and oni Tewi in July 2021.^[3] It is derived from Mandarin 過 / 过 (pinyin: guò), meaning "to cross; to pass", and English (a)cross. It uses the same sitelen pona glyph as natu.

eki Edit

eki is a marginal synonym for natu coined by jan Anselo in February 2021.^[4] It is derived from the English name of the letter X, spelled ex. It uses the same sitelen pona glyph as natu.

References Edit

↑ jan Lakuse [@raacz106]. (27 October 2020). [Message posted in the #jaki channel in the ma pona pi toki pona Discord server]. Discord. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
↑ jan Lakuse [@raacz106]. (28 July 2021). [Message posted in the #sona-musi channel in the ma pona pi toki pona Discord server]. Discord. Retrieved 9 December 2023.

natu “relationship, cross, intersection, knot, overlap, to overstep, correlation, junction, fold”
← Vietnamese ngã tư ‘crossroads, four-way intersection
↑ oni Tewi [@davidb9]. (27 July 2021). [Message posted in the #sona-musi channel in the ma pona pi toki pona Discord server]. Discord. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
↑ jan Anselo. (5 February 2021). "eki". Reddit. Retrieved 9 December 2023.