peto

peto
Pronunciation	/ˈpe.to/
Usage	2023: Obscure (2% ↘︎ ) Most speakers don't understand this word.2022: Obscure (3%)This word is deprecated.
Book and era	nimi ku lili (post-pu)
Part of speech	Content word

peto is an obscure deprecated^{[citation needed]}This claim needs references to reliable sources. (Jan 2024) content word and nimi ku lili relating to crying and sadness.

Etymology

The word peto is an initialism of a Toki Pona sentence fragment, pana e telo (tan) oko, lit.literal translation 'to emit liquid of (or from) the eye'.

Semantic space

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The semantic space of peto includes crying, tears, and sadness. That is, it primarily refers to emotional tears, but can presumably also describe reflex tears.

ku

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

cry^½1–10% of respondents

sitelen pona

The sitelen pona glyph for peto (petopeto) depicts a teardrop.

Further reading

• "peto" on lipu Linku