omekapo
Pronunciation | /ˈo |
---|---|
Usage | 2023: Obscure4 (20% , Uncommon6↗︎ ) Most speakers don't use this word.2022: Rare (16%) |
Book and era | No book (post-pu) |
Part of speech | Semiparticle |
omekapo is an obscure interjection used to mean "goodbye", particularly in the ma pona pi toki pona community. It is an abbreviation of the phrase o moku e kala pona, meaning "eat [a] good fish!".[1]
Etymology
The phrase o moku e kala pona originates from a 2019 Toki Pona meetup in Dallas, Texas, where jan Sonja inscribed and signed a copy of the book Toki Pona: The Language of Good belonging to jan Maliku with the following message:[1][2]
jan Maliku o!
sina mije pona.
ale li pona.
o moku e
kala pona.
Sonja
Maliku!
You're a good man.
All is good.
Eat [a]
good fish.
Sonja
The event took place in a sushi restaurant, as such jan Sonja was likely wishing jan Maliku to enjoy his food.[3][4] Later, in a voicechat in the ma pona community, it was later proposed that the phrase and an abbreviated form could be used as a farewell.[1]
omekalike
Pronunciation | /ˈo |
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Usage | 2023: Obscure (3% ↘︎ ) Most speakers don't understand this word.2022: Obscure (5%) |
Book and era | No book (post-pu) |
Part of speech | Semiparticle |
Singer and songwriter jan Usawi coined variations on omekapo as the names of their songs omekalike (2021), short for o moku e kala ike,[5] and omekalikante (2022), short for o moku e kala ike ante.[6] These may be translated as "good riddance" or "badbye".[7][8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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. - ↑ Camilia Aguilar; Kevin Ngyuen; Marcus Weber. (7 July 2019). "The Language of Good.mov". Google Drive. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
- ↑ jan Lakuse [@raacz106]. (9 May 2022). [Message posted in the
#pana-sona
channel in the ma pona pi toki pona Discord server]. Discord. Retrieved 26 December 2023. "[...] i can confirm that the kala refers to sushi. the texas meetup took place at a sushi restaurant, so the greeting was sonja wishing maliku to enjoy his food that day". - ↑ 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.
- ↑ jan Usawi. (4 April 2021). [Message posted in the
#pali-musi
channel in the ma pona pi toki pona Discord server]. Discord. Retrieved 25 December 2023. "I had the thought of trying to write a song in toki pona today and it ended up being this like kinda-dark-kinda-silly-very-petty breakup song, all because I had the bright idea for a title of “o moku e kala ike” shkdhdjhd". - ↑ jan Misali [@hbmmaster]. (6 December 2021). [Message posted in the
#toki-pona
channel in the ma pona pi toki pona Discord server]. Discord. Retrieved 25 December 2023. ""good riddance' is a good translation for it imo ("goodbye" in a "I hope I never see you again" sense)".
Further reading
- "omekapo" on lipu Linku
- "omekalike" on lipu Linku