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|colspan="2" style="text-align:center;width:240px;"|<div style="font-size:larger;font-weight:bold;">[[sitelen Lasina|<span style="color:#202122;"><span class="toki-pona"><bdi lang="tok" title="Toki Pona">wekama</bdi></span></span>]]</div><span class="mw-no-invert" style="mix-blend-mode:multiply;"><div style="display:inline-block;width:50%;">[[File:Sitelen seli kiwen - wekama.png|60x60px|link=sitelen pona|alt=wekama in sitelen pona|<span class="toki-pona"><bdi lang="tok" title="Toki Pona">wekama</bdi></span> in <span class="toki-pona"><bdi lang="tok" title="Toki Pona">[[sitelen pona]]</bdi></span>]][[Category:Words with sitelen pona glyphs]]</div></span>
'''{{tp|wekama}}''' is {{a category}} [[content word]] relating to temporary absence with the expectation of returning.


==Etymology==
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The word {{tp|wekama}} is a {{w|portmanteau}} of the [[Toki Pona]] words {{tp|[[weka]]}} and {{tp|[[kama]]}}, roughly meaning "away" and "coming", respectively. It was coined by {{tok|jan ko}}<ref>{{cite nimi ale pona 2nd ed}}</ref> in July 2020.<ref>{{cite Discord|url=//discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/545467374254555137/732119369458384968|channel={{tok|tomo-toki-pini-ante}}|server={{tp|ma pona pi toki pona}}|author={{tok|ko}}|username=g4j|access-date=2023-03-06|quote=}}<blockquote>
!style="font-size:smaller;text-align:start;width:80px;"|[[Phonology|Pronunciation]]
{{tok|mi wekama}}
|[[w:International Phonetic Alphabet|<span title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet" class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" style="cursor:help;font-family:Gentium,'Gentium Plus',GentiumAlt,'DejaVu Sans','Segoe UI','Lucida Grande','Charis SIL','Doulos SIL','TITUS Cyberbit Basic','Code2000','Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;">/ˈwe<wbr />.ka<wbr />.ma/</span>]]<nowiki /> [[Media:Toki Pona - kala Asi - wekama.ogg|<span alt="Listen to kala Asi pronounce this word" title="Listen to kala Asi" style="cursor:help;">&#x1F50A;</span>]]
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!style="font-size:smaller;text-align:start;width:80px;"|[[Usage categories|Usage]]
|class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-collapsetext="&minus;" data-expandtext="&plus;"|<small class="mw-collapsible-content">'''2023:'''</small> Obscure <small>(5%&nbsp;&RightArrow;&nbsp;)</small><span style="background:#fef6e7;border:1px solid #fc3;color:#000;display:block;font-size:smaller;margin:0.2em -0.2em;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">[[File:Ambox warning pn.svg|12x12px|baseline|Caution:]] Most speakers <span style="color:#d33;">'''don't understand'''</span> this word.</span><span class="mw-collapsible-content"><small>'''2022:'''</small> Obscure <small>(5%)</small><br /></span>
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!style="font-size:smaller;text-align:start;"|[[Book presence|Book]] and [[Eras|era]]
|[[nimi sin|No book]] <small>([[post-pu|post-<span class="toki-pona"><bdi lang="tok" title="Toki Pona">pu</bdi></span>]])</small>[[Category:nimi sin]][[Category:post-pu]]
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!style="font-size:smaller;text-align:start;"|[[Parts of speech|Part of speech]]
|[[Content words|Content word]][[Category:Content words]]


also, when i meant {{tok|wekama}}, i meant {{tok|weka}}, then {{tok|kama}}
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'''''wekama''''' is an obscure [[content word]] relating to being temporarily absent with the expectation of returning.


{{tok|weka kama}}
==Etymology==

The word ''wekama'' is derived from a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blend_word portmanteau] of the Toki Pona words ''[[weka]]'' and ''[[kama]]'', meaning "absence" and "arriving" respectively. It was coined by ''[[jan ko]]'' in 2020.<ref>https://nimi.li/wekama</ref>
{{tok|wekakama}}

{{tok|wekama}}
</blockquote></ref>


==Semantic space==
==Semantic space==
The [[semantic space]] of ''wekama'' includes anything that first applies to the sematic space of ''[[weka]]'', then later in time applies to the sematic space of ''[[kama]]''.
The [[semantic space]] of {{tp|wekama}} includes anything that first applies to that of {{tp|[[weka]]}}, then later in time counts as {{tp|[[kama]]}}.


{{Example
{{Example|mi lape la mi wekama|I'm sleepy, therefore I will leave and be back}}
|mi pilin lape la mi wekama.
|I'm feeling sleepy, so I'll leave and be back later.|mi pilin lape la mi wekama
}}


=={{tp|sitelen pona}}==
==<span class="toki-pona"><bdi lang="tok" title="Toki Pona">sitelen pona</bdi></span>==
[[File:Sitelen seli kiwen - wekama.png|thumb|60px|{{tp|wekama}} in {{tp|[[sitelen seli kiwen]]}}]]
The <span class="toki-pona"><bdi lang="tok" title="Toki Pona">[[sitelen pona]]</bdi></span> glyph for ''wekama'' ({{sp|wekama}}<span class="sitelen-pona tooltip-container"><span class="tooltip unsitelenponized noexcerpt" aria-hidden="true"><span class="toki-pona"><bdi lang="tok" title="Toki Pona">wekama</bdi></span></span></span>) is composed of the top half of the glyph ''weka'' ({{sp|weka}}) on top of the glyph for ''kama'' ({{sp|kama}}).
The word {{tp|wekama}} is not often used in {{tp|[[sitelen pona]]}}. A proposed glyph ({{sp|wekama}}){{wh|by whom? when?}} is composed of the top two rays of the glyph for {{tp|[[weka]]}} ({{sp|weka}}) above the glyph for {{tp|[[kama]]}} ({{sp|kama}}). In practice, it is unknown whether this glyph sees significant use.


==References==
==References==
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==Further reading==
==Further reading==
* {{R:Linku}}
* "[https://linku.la/?q=wekama <bdi lang="tok" title="Toki Pona">wekama</bdi>]" on <span class="toki-pona"><bdi lang="tok" title="Toki Pona">[[lipu Linku]]</bdi></span>
{{Words}}

{|class="navbox wikitable mw-collapsible " data-collapsetext="&minus;" data-expandtext="&plus;" style="position:relative;width:100%;"
!colspan="2"|<div style="left:2em;position:absolute;right:2em;">[[:List of words|Words]]</div>

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!style="text-align:end;width:0;"|[[Parts of speech]]
|[[Content words]] ([[Prepositions]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20; [[Preverbs]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20; [[Names]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20; [[Numbers]])&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20; [[Particles]] ([[Semiparticles]])&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20; [[Interjections]]<tr style="font-size:smaller;">
!style="text-align:end;"|[[Word usage|Usage]]
|[[Book presence]] (<span class="toki-pona"><bdi lang="tok" title="Toki Pona">[[nimi pu]]</bdi></span>&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20; <span class="toki-pona"><bdi lang="tok" title="Toki Pona">[[nimi ku]]</bdi></span>)&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20; [[Eras]] ([[Pre-pu era|pre-<span class="toki-pona"><bdi lang="tok" title="Toki Pona">pu</bdi></span>]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20; [[Post-pu era|post-<span class="toki-pona"><bdi lang="tok" title="Toki Pona">pu</bdi></span>]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20; [[Post-ku era|post-<span class="toki-pona"><bdi lang="tok" title="Toki Pona">ku</bdi></span>]])&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20; [[Usage categories]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20; <span class="toki-pona"><bdi lang="tok" title="Toki Pona">[[nimi sin]]</bdi></span>&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20; [[Synonyms]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20; [[Reserved words]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20; [[Place and language names]]
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!style="text-align:end;"|[[Linku#Word usage surveys|Core words]]
|<span class="toki-pona"><bdi lang="tok" title="Toki Pona">[[a]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[akesi]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[ala]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[alasa]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[ale|ale / ali]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[anpa]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[ante]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[anu]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[awen]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[e]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[en]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[esun]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[ijo]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[ike]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[ilo]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[insa]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[jaki]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[jan]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[jelo]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[jo]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[kala]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[kalama]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[kama]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[kasi]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[ken]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[kepeken]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[kili]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[kiwen]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[ko]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[kon]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[kule]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[kulupu]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[kute]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[la]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[lape]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[laso]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[lawa]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[len]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[lete]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[li]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[lili]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[linja]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[lipu]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[loje]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[lon]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[luka]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[lukin]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[lupa]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[ma]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[mama]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[mani]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[mi]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[moku]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[moli]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[monsi]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[mu]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[mun]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[musi]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[mute]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[nanpa]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[nasa]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[nasin]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[nena]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[ni]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[nimi]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[noka]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[o]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[olin]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[ona]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[open]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[pakala]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[pali]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[palisa]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[pan]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[pana]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[pi]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[pilin]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[pimeja]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[pini]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[pipi]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[poka]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[poki]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[pona]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[pu]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[sama]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[seli]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[selo]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[seme]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[sewi]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[sijelo]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[sike]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[sin]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[sina]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[sinpin]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[sitelen]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[sona]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[soweli]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[suli]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[suno]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[supa]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[suwi]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[tan]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[taso]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[tawa]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[telo]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[tenpo]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[toki]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[tomo]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[tu]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[unpa]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[uta]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[utala]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[walo]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[wan]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[waso]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[wawa]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[weka]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[wile]]</bdi></span>
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!style="text-align:end;"|[[Linku#Word usage surveys|Widespread&nbsp;words]]
|<span class="toki-pona"><bdi lang="tok" title="Toki Pona">[[kijetesantakalu]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[kin]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[ku]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[leko]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[meli]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[mije]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[monsuta]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[n]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[namako]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[tonsi]]</bdi></span>
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!style="text-align:end;"|[[Linku#Word usage surveys|Common words]]
|<span class="toki-pona"><bdi lang="tok" title="Toki Pona">[[epiku]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[kipisi]]*&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[lanpan]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[meso]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[misikeke]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[oko]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[soko]]*</bdi></span><br /><small>* Formerly widespread</small>
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!style="text-align:end;"|[[Linku#Word usage surveys|Uncommon words]]
|<span class="toki-pona"><bdi lang="tok" title="Toki Pona">[[apeja]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[jasima]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[kiki]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[kokosila]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[linluwi]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[majuna]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[nimisin]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[oke]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[omekapo]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[powe]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[usawi]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[wuwojiti]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[yupekosi]]</bdi></span>
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!style="text-align:end;"|[[Linku#Word usage surveys|Rare words]]
|<span class="toki-pona"><bdi lang="tok" title="Toki Pona">[[isipin]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[kamalawala]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[kapesi]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[misa]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[pake]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[puwa]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[taki]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[te]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[to]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[unu]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[wa]]</bdi></span>
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!style="text-align:end;"|[[Recommended learning resources|Resources]]
|[[Dictionaries]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20; [[Glossary]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20; [[Cognates]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20; [[Glosses]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20; [[Minimal pairs]]
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Latest revision as of 21:47, 11 June 2024

wekama is an obscure content word relating to temporary absence with the expectation of returning.

Pronunciation /ˈwe.ka.ma/
Usage 2023: Obscure (5% → )Caution: Most speakers don't understand this word.2022: Obscure (5%)
Book and era No book (post-pu)
Part of speech Content word

Etymology Edit

The word wekama is a portmanteau of the Toki Pona words weka and kama, roughly meaning "away" and "coming", respectively. It was coined by jan ko[1] in July 2020.[2]

Semantic space Edit

The semantic space of wekama includes anything that first applies to that of weka, then later in time counts as kama.

mi pilin lape la mi wekama

mi pilin lape la mi wekama.

I'm feeling sleepy, so I'll leave and be back later.

sitelen pona Edit

 
wekama in sitelen seli kiwen

The word wekama is not often used in sitelen pona. A proposed glyph (wekama)[by whom? when?] is composed of the top two rays of the glyph for weka (weka) above the glyph for kama (kama). In practice, it is unknown whether this glyph sees significant use.

References Edit

  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. ko [@g4j]. (13 July 2020). [Message posted in the #tomo-toki-pini-ante channel in the ma pona pi toki pona Discord server]. Discord. Retrieved 6 March 2023.

    mi wekama

    also, when i meant wekama, i meant weka, then kama

    weka kama

    wekakama

    wekama

Further reading Edit