Appendix:Toki Pona/ike

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Toki Pona

Glyph origin

sitelen pona
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sitelen sitelen
  • sitelen pona: A closed frowning mouth. By analogy to, and mirror image of, pona.

Etymology

From Finnish ilkeä (“bad, evil”). Resemblance to icky is purely coincidental.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈike/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: i‧ke
  • Rhymes: -ike

Adjective

ike

  1. bad, unnecessary
  2. wrong, evil, mean
  3. harmful, unhealthy, nasty
    Synonym: jaki
  4. unneeded, irrelevant
  5. conflicting with the philosophy of Toki Pona; overly complex, especially to its detriment

Noun

ike

  1. badness, evil
  2. bad state or condition
  3. problem, issue, error
  4. negativity

Verb

ike

  1. (intransitive) to be bad, to suck
  2. (transitive) to make bad or worse, to worsen
  3. (transitive) to make overly complex

Interjection

ike

  1. oh no, oh dear
  2. woe, alas

Antonyms

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia