pake

pake is an obscure pre-pu content word and nimi ku lili relating to stopping.

pake
Pronunciation	/ˈpa.ke/
Usage	2024: Obscure (9% ↘︎ ) Most speakers don't understand this word.2023: Obscure44-category system, Rare66-category system (13% → )2022: Rare (13%)
Book and era	nimi ku lili (pre-pu)
Part of speech	Content word
Codepoint	󱦠 U+F19A0

Etymology

The word pake is derived from English block. It was coined by jan Sonja in 2009.

Semantic space

The semantic space of pake includes ceasing to do something, blocking the way, and interruption and prevention.

ku

For Toki Pona Dictionary, respondents in ma pona pi toki pona translated these English words as pake:

prevent²21–40% of respondents, stop²21–40% of respondents, lock¹11–20% of respondents, forbid¹11–20% of respondents, wall¹11–20% of respondents, interrupt¹11–20% of respondents, intervention¹11–20% of respondents, deny¹11–20% of respondents, limitation¹11–20% of respondents, cease¹11–20% of respondents, restrict¹11–20% of respondents

sitelen pona

pake in linja pona

The sitelen pona glyph for pake (󱦠) is a vertical line with a horizontal bar at the top end, and represents an intersection, being blocked in the direction of progress. It is similar to the glyph for pini (pinipini), which has a bar at each end. It was designed by jan Same in 2016. This glyph was included in version 1.0 of linja pona.

Further reading

• "pake" on lipu Linku
• "pake" on lipu Wikipesija
• "pake" on English Wiktionary