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{{Hatnote|"{{tp|te}}" redirects here. For the obsolete form of {{tp|teje}}, see [[Left and right#Dedicated words|Left and right § Dedicated words]].}}
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==Etymologies==
The words {{tp|te}} and {{tp|to}} were coined in 2020 by {{tok|kala kala}} ({{tok|jan Salan}}) and {{tok|jan Lakuse}} in the {{tp|[[ma pona pi toki pona]]}} community.<ref name="kalakala2020"/><ref>{{cite ku|24}}</ref> The word {{tp|te}} is derived from {{w|Japanese}} {{lang|ja|って}} ({{w|Hepburn}}: ''{{lang|ja-Latn|tte}}''), and {{tp|to}} from {{lang|ja|と}} ({{w|Hepburn}}: ''{{lang|ja-Latn|to}}'').{{citation needed}}
==Function==
These words serve to set off quoted or indirect speech.
{{Example
|ona li toki sama te jan Tamo en jan Sala lon ma Tanaka to.<ref>{{cite web|title=nanpa open (1)|author=jan Juli|website=kalama sin|date=2021|url=https://wikisource.org/wiki/Kalama_sin/1|urldate=2024-01-30}}</ref>
|They'd say, like quote Tamo and Sala in Tanaka unquote. <!-- This translation is garbage mama... -->
|ona li toki sama te jan [TAMO] en jan [SALA] lon ma [TANAKA] to.
}}
==Definitions==
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