Appendix:Toki Pona/ike
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Toki Pona[edit]
Glyph origin[edit]
The sitelen pona glyph represents a closed frowning mouth, a mirror image of pona.
Etymology[edit]
From Finnish ilkeä (“bad, evil”). Resemblance to icky is purely coincidental.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
ike
- bad, unnecessary
- wrong, evil, mean
- harmful, unhealthy, nasty
- Synonym: jaki
- unneeded, irrelevant
- conflicting with the philosophy of Toki Pona; overly complex, especially to its detriment
Noun[edit]
ike
Verb[edit]
ike
- (intransitive) to be bad, to suck
- (transitive) to make bad or worse, to worsen
- (transitive) to make overly complex
Interjection[edit]
ike