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==Cultural significance== |
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Singer and songwriter {{tok|[[jan Usawi]]}} coined two new words similarly to {{tp|omekapo}} for their songs {{tp|omakalike}} (2021), short for {{tp|o moku e kala ike}},<ref>{{tok|jan Usawi}} (3 May 2021). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVqKaVc9U1c {{tok|omekalike}}]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20230323160407/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVqKaVc9U1c Archived] from the original on 23 March 2023. |
Singer and songwriter {{tok|[[jan Usawi]]}} coined two new words similarly to {{tp|omekapo}} for their songs {{tp|omakalike}} (2021), short for {{tp|o moku e kala ike}},<ref>{{tok|jan Usawi}} (3 May 2021). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVqKaVc9U1c {{tok|omekalike}}]. ''YouTube''. [https://web.archive.org/web/20230323160407/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVqKaVc9U1c Archived] from the original on 23 March 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.</ref> and {{tp|omekalikante}} (2022), short for {{tp|o moku e kala ike ante}}.<ref>{{tok|jan Usawi}} (29 June 2022). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBTiQG_NTY4 {{tok|omekalikante}}]. ''YouTube''. [https://web.archive.org/web/20231020191312/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBTiQG_NTY4 Archived] from the original on 20 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.</ref> |
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Revision as of 20:02, 20 October 2023
| Pronunciation | /ˈo |
|---|---|
| Usage | 2023: Obscure4, Uncommon6 (20% ↗︎ ) Most speakers don't use this word.2022: Rare (16%)
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| Book and era | No book (post-pu) |
| Part of speech | Content word |
omekapo, short for o moku e kala pona (literally, "eat [a] good fish!"), is a phrase for "goodbye", used in the ma pona pi toki pona Discord server.[1]
Etymology
The phrase o moku e kala pona was coined by jan Sonja in a Toki Pona meetup in Texas, when she inscribed a copy of the book Toki Pona: The Language of Good with the following sentence:[2]
jan Maliku o!
sina mije pona.
ale li pona.
o moku e
kala pona.
Sonja :)
Cultural significance
Singer and songwriter jan Usawi coined two new words similarly to omekapo for their songs omakalike (2021), short for o moku e kala ike,[3] and omekalikante (2022), short for o moku e kala ike ante.[4]
References
- ↑ kala pona Tonyu (23 January 2021). omekapo. lipu kule. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ↑ jan Maliku [@_maliku]. (18 June 2020). [Message posted in the
#musi-mankachannel in the ma pona pi toki pona Discord server]. Discord. Retrieved 20 October 2023. - ↑ jan Usawi (3 May 2021). omekalike. YouTube. Archived from the original on 23 March 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ↑ jan Usawi (29 June 2022). omekalikante. YouTube. Archived from the original on 20 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.