powe
powe is an obscure content word and pre-pu nimi ku lili relating to falsehoods and deceit.
Pronunciation | /ˈpo |
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Usage | 2023: Obscure4 (23% , Uncommon6↗︎ ) Most speakers don't use this word.2022: Uncommon (21%) |
Book and era | nimi ku lili (pre-pu) |
Part of speech | Content word |
Codepoint | U+F19A3 |
Etymology Edit
The word powe is possibly derived from French faux, meaning "false", or pas vrai, meaning "not true".[1]
Semantic space Edit
The semantic space of powe includes falsehoods. It has also developed the connotation of deception and dishonesty. This word is an antonym of lon ("true, correct").
jan-ike li toki powejan ike li toki powe.
The evil person is speaking deceptively.
ku Edit
For Toki Pona Dictionary, respondents in ma pona pi toki pona translated these English words as powe:[2]
fake2
, pretend2 , trick2 , false2 , myth2 , lie (saying untruth)2 , fraud1 , trap1 , illusion1 , fantasy1
sitelen pona Edit
The sitelen pona glyph for powe () is derived from the glyph for lon with the dot replaced with a cross, similar to ala. It can also be read as lon ala using the underline-only form of extended lon, but the cross is typically significantly smaller than the glyph for ala would be written. It was designed by nimi Elemenopi in July 2020.[3][4]
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. p. 336.
- ↑ 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 28 December 2023.
- ↑ nimi Elemenopi [u/ElemenopiTheSequel]. (15 August 2020). "Here are the official glyphs for the 1b words in the NA. "r/OffThePu. Reddit. Retrieved 28 December 2023. "[Key: black] = original, made by me".
Further reading Edit
- "powe" on lipu Linku
- "powe" on lipu Wikipesija
- "powe" on English Wiktionary