Appendix:Toki Pona/ale

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Toki Pona

Alternative forms

Glyph origin

sitelen pona
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sitelen sitelen

Etymology

From Dutch alle (“all”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈale/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: a‧le

Noun

ale

  1. everything, anything
  2. life, existence
    Synonym: lon
  3. the universe, everything that exists
    • 2021 June 13, jan Emalan, “sike lili laso walo [Pale Blue Dot]”, in lipu kule‎:
      ale la ma jan li lili mute mute.
      In relation to the universe, the territory of humanity is very, very small.
  4. abundance, plenty

Adjective

ale

  1. all, every, each, any
  2. entire, whole; complete, full, total
  3. abundant, countless, bountiful, plentiful
  4. universal
  5. comprehensive, thorough
  6. general

Verb

ale

  1. (intransitive) to pervade, to be everything or in every part
  2. (transitive) to commodify, to make universal or thorough
  3. (transitive) to generalize

Numeral

ale

  1. one hundred

Antonyms

Usage notes

The words ale and ali can be used interchangeably.

The alternative form ali was originally introduced by Sonja Lang in 2002 as an equal variant of ale, following feedback that the word ala is pronounced similarly to ale in some accents. ali became the most common form for a while until the mid-2010s. As of the early 2020s, ale is significantly more commonly used than ali.

In lipu Linku, a Toki Pona dictionary, the word ale is classified as "core" vocabulary, and ali is classified as an "uncommon" word, based on them being used by 93% and 32% of Toki Pona speakers respectively, according to a poll from October 2024.

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