Appendix:Toki Pona/esun
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Toki Pona
Glyph origin
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- sitelen pona: From a Mi'kmaq hieroglyph, according to Sonja Lang in 2021.[1] The best known match is
(kisna/gisna, "or (else), either"), but any semantic correlation is unclear. A folk etymology had assumed a connection to a currency symbol such as £.
Etymology
Coined by Sonja Lang as of 2007, from a term that "was told to by a taxi driver who spoke a language from the Akan family in West Africa". Many have posited that it comes from Akan edwamu (“market”). Previously thought to be from Acadian French échange (“exchange”).
Pronunciation
Noun
esun
- shop, store, market, fair, bazaar, retail, place of business
- transaction, trade, deal; sale, purchase, commerce
- business, enterprise, franchise, company
Verb
esun
- (transitive, intransitive) to exchange, trade, to barter
Adjective
esun
- (relational) business; commercial, financial
- tenpo esun ― a week, a sales event (literally, “time of business”)
- kulupu esun ― company (literally, “commercial group”)
- traded, exchanged
References
- ^ Lang, Sonja (2021 February 24) Discord: “i think that one is from Mikmaq”