oke
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| Pronunciation | /ˈo |
|---|---|
| Usage | 2023: Obscure4, Uncommon6 (24% ↗︎ ) Most speakers don't use this word.2022: Rare (16%)
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| Book and era | nimi ku lili (post-pu) |
| Part of speech | Semiparticle |
oke is an obscure interjection and post-pu nimi ku lili used to indicate approval and acceptance, loaned from English okay.
Etymology[edit | edit source]
The word oke was borrowed from English OK / okay. It is unclear when or by whom it was first coined,[1] and it might have been coined independently by multiple people. The oldest uses on ma pona pi toki pona are by janKala in June and July 2017,[2][3] after which others began to use it.
Definitions[edit | edit source]
ku[edit | edit source]
For Toki Pona Dictionary, respondents in ma pona pi toki pona translated these English words as oke:[4]
OK½, alright½, fine½
sitelen pona[edit | edit source]
A proposed sitelen pona glyph for oke (oke) depicts a circle with a checkmark through the middle.
The proposed glyphs for oke (oke), oki (oki), and ke (ke) are sometimes used interchangeably for any of the three words.
Related words[edit | edit source]
ke[edit | edit source]
| Pronunciation | /ke/ 🔊 |
|---|---|
| Usage | 2023: Obscure (2% ↘︎ ) Most speakers don't understand this word.2022: Obscure (4%)
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| Book and era | nimi ku lili (post-pu) |
| Part of speech | Semiparticle |
ke is an obscure interjection used as a variant of oke.[5] It was coined by jan Maliku and jan Kisinja around 2015 independently from oke[1][6] and brought to the ma pona pi toki pona community in late 2017. jan Maliku and jan Kisinja considered coining the word as oke, but they shortened it to ke to avoid it being too similar to oko.[6] It was likely influenced by English 'kay.
A proposed sitelen pona glyph for ke (ke) is derived from the punctuation stem and the uppercase Latin letter K. The punctuation stem can be drawn upright (ke) or at a diagonal (ke). Compare the glyphs for a, kin, n, o, and wa.
oki[edit | edit source]
| Pronunciation | /ˈo |
|---|---|
| Usage | 2023: Obscure (4% ↗︎ ) Most speakers don't understand this word.2022: Obscure (1%)
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| Book and era | No book (post-pu) |
| Part of speech | Semiparticle |
oki is an obscure interjection used as a variant of oke.
A proposed sitelen pona glyph for oki (oki) depicts a checkmark. nimi Elemenopi used this design for oke in July 2020,[7] and extended it to ke and oki as of August of that year.[8]
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lang, Sonja. (18 July 2021). Toki Pona Dictionary. Illustrated by Vacon Sartirani. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292362. p. 24.
- ↑ janKala [@janKala#8374]. (22 June 2017). [Message posted in the
#toki-ponachannel in the ma pona pi toki pona Discord server]. Discord. Retrieved 27 December 2023. "okee". - ↑ janKala [@janKala#8374]. (7 July 2017). [Message posted in the
#toki-ponachannel in the ma pona pi toki pona Discord server]. Discord. Retrieved 27 December 2023. "oke/ke". - ↑ Lang, Sonja. (18 July 2021). Toki Pona Dictionary. Illustrated by Vacon Sartirani. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292362. p. 304.
- ↑ Lang, Sonja. (18 July 2021). Toki Pona Dictionary. Illustrated by Vacon Sartirani. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292362. p. 243.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 jan Kisinja [@kisinja]. (31 December 2018). [Message posted in the
#pali-musichannel in the ma pona pi toki pona Discord server]. Discord. Retrieved 23 December 2023. - ↑ 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]
- "oke" on lipu Linku
- "oke" on lipu Wikipesija
- "oke" on English Wiktionary