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]} content word and nimi ku lili relating to crying and sadness.

Etymology Edit

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

Semantic space Edit

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The semantic space of peto includes crying, tears, and sadness.^[1] That is, it primarily refers to emotional tears, but can presumably also describe reflex tears.

ku Edit

For Toki Pona Dictionary, respondents in ma pona pi toki pona translated these English words as peto:^[2]

cry^½

sitelen pona Edit

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

References Edit

↑ Moniz, C. Ryan (jan inwin); van der Meulen, Spencer H. (jan Pensa); lipamanka. (8 October 2020). "nimi ale pona (2nd ed.)". Google Docs.
↑ Lang, Sonja. (18 July 2021). Toki Pona Dictionary. Illustrated by Vacon Sartirani. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292362.