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Revision as of 10:10, 2 November 2023
Pronunciation | /ˈo |
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Usage | 2023: Obscure4 (20% , Uncommon6↗︎ ) |
Book and era | No book (post-pu) |
Part of speech | Content word |
omekapo is a proposed phrase for "goodbye", particularly used in the ma pona pi toki pona Discord server. It is an abbreviation of o moku e kala pona ("eat [a] good fish!").[1]
Etymology
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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-manka
channel 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.