Contionary:Toki Pona/apeja
Toki Pona
Glyph origin
- tok ("sitelen pona") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"): From turned tok ("kulupu") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}") (“group”) + an angle-shaped barrier from tok ("ante") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}") (“other”) to separate the bottom circle.
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Verb
- (transitive, intransitive) to shame, to embarrass, to dishonor, to single out
- 2021 October 31, jan Sose L-S, “tenpo Kalan Kaja [Calan Gaeaf]”, in lipu tenpo[1], archived from the original on 15 August 2024, nanpa moli, page 8:
- taso, jan ante li toki e ni: ona li apeja li moli e jan tawa.
- However, other people say that it curses and kills the dancer.
- 2023 July 1, jan Kapesi Pake, “jan pali li ken ala ken kama lawa e nasin pali?”, in lipu tenpo[2], number (nanpa) nasin, archived from the original on 15 August 2024, page 5:
- nasin mani li toki powe kin tawa jan. ona li toki e ni: “sina pali ala la, sina ike taso. sina jo e tenpo mute pi pali ala la, sina o apeja. …”
- The economic system also lies to people. It says, “If you don’t work, you're a burden. If you have a lot of time outside of work, you should feel ashamed. …”
Noun
- shame, guilt, stigma, isolation
- 2022, Hermann Hesse, trans. jan Kala, jan Sitata:
- ni li wile ona li apeja ona
- This was his desire and his shame.
- 2022 December 9, jan Kapesi Pake, “lipu ‘mun monsuta’”, in lipu tenpo[3], number (nanpa) musi, archived from the original on 23 July 2024, page 10:
- a, monsuta li ken wawa e apeja e ike.
- Ah, fear can enhance [feelings of] isolation and negativity.