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'''{{tp|ke}}''' is {{a category|ke}} [[interjection]] used as a variant of {{tp|oke}}.<ref>{{cite ku|243}}</ref> It was coined by {{tok|jan Maliku}} and {{tok|jan Kisinja}} around 2015 independently from {{tp|oke}}<ref name="ku24"/><ref name="ke coining">{{cite Discord|url=https://discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/340307145373253642/529209907367510027|name={{tok|jan Kisinja}}|username=kisinja|channel={{tok|pali-musi}}|server={{tp|ma pona pi toki pona}}|access-date=2023-12-23}}</ref> and brought to the {{tp|ma pona pi toki pona}} community in late 2017. {{tok|jan Maliku}} and {{tok|jan Kisinja}} considered coining the word as {{tp|oke}}, but they shortened it to {{tp|ke}} to avoid it being too similar to {{tp|[[oko]]}}.<ref name="ke coining" /> It was likely influenced by English ''<nowiki/>'kay''.

 

 

==={{tp|oki}}===