omekapo
| Pronunciation | /ˈo |
|---|---|
| Usage | 2023: Obscure4, Uncommon6 (20% ↗︎ ) Most speakers don't use this word.2022: Rare (16%)
|
| 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 :)
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.