pa

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Pronunciation /pa/
Usage 2024: Obscure (2% ↘︎ )Caution: Most speakers don't understand this word.2023: Obscure (3% → )2022: Obscure (3%)
Book and era No book (post-pu)
Part of speech Particle

pa is an obscure interjection usually expressing disapproval, as a tokiponized form of "bruh".

Etymology[edit | edit source]

The word pa and its uses are derived from English bruh, a shortening of brother from African-American Vernacular English. It was coined by jan Jan and jan Lija in 2019.

Function[edit | edit source]

pa is used in response to bruh moments.

sitelen pona[edit | edit source]

The sitelen pona glyph for pa (pa) depicts a speaker creating reified sound waves, a common thumbnail for YouTube uploads of sound effects. It references an audio clip of Vine user Headgraphix saying "bruh", widely known as "Bruh Sound Effect #2" after such a YouTube reupload.[1] The glyph is simplified to a triangle and one arc.

It was designed by nimi Elemenopi in July 2020.[2][3]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "Bruh Sound Effect #2". Know Your Meme. Literally Media, Ltd.. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  2. nimi Elemenopi [u/ElemenopiTheSequel]. (26 July 2020). "I made a sitelen pona glyph for every non-pu word in the "nimi ale pona" dictionary". r/tokipona. Reddit. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  3. nimi Elemenopi [u/ElemenopiTheSequel]. (15 August 2020). "Here are the official glyphs for the 1b words in the NA". r/OffThePu. Reddit. Retrieved 15 August 2024. "[Key: black] = original, made by me".

Further reading[edit | edit source]