peto

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Pronunciation /ˈpe.to/
Usage 2023: Obscure (2% ↘︎ )Caution: 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 relating to crying and sadness.

Etymology

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

Semantic space

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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.

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

cry½

sitelen pona

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

References

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

Further reading

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