yutu
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| Pronunciation | /ˈju.tu//j/ sounds like English Y, as in "fjord" or "hallelujah". |
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| Usage | 2023: Obscure (2% ↘︎ ) Most speakers don't understand this word.2022: Obscure (3%)
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| Book and era | No book (post-ku) |
| Part of speech | Content word |
yutu is an obscure humorous content word relating to the star emoji (⭐️).
Etymology
The word yutu is derived from Turkish yıldız, meaning "star". It was coined in 2021 by inari in the ma pona pi toki pona community. The letter y, shared with yupekosi, was originally a typo of j that was kept in the spelling as a joke.[1]
Semantic space
The semantic space of yutu includes the star emoji (Unicode codepoint: U+2B50, Discord shortcode: :star:), specifically as used to pin a message to a "starboard" channel in Discord servers such as ma pona pi toki pona.
sitelen pona
A proposed sitelen pona glyph for yutu (yutu) depicts a star shape with emitters.
References
- ↑ inari28 [@inari28]. (7 August 2021). [Message posted in the
#tomo-sunochannel in the ma pona pi toki pona Discord server]. Discord.@inari28:
yutu - discord star emoji
-> turkish yıldız
@mathmaster13: it has a y
@inari28: i meant to write jutu but let's keep it yutu
Further reading
- "yutu" on lipu Linku