Appendix:Toki Pona/powe

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Toki Pona

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Glyph origin

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sitelen pona
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sitelen sitelen File:Powe - sitelen sitelen word symbol drawn by Jonathan Gabel.jpg

Etymology

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Possibly from French faux (false) or French pas vrai (not true)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpowe/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: po‧we

Adjective

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powe

  1. (uncommon) unreal, false, untrue, fake
    • 2021, kala pona Tonyu, “nasin kijetesantakalu pona”, in lipu monsuta, number uta monsuta, page 17:
      sina lukin tawa tomo pimeja la o moli powe lon supa anpa.
      If you look at a dark room, play dead on the floor.
    • 2023 July 1, jan Kapesi Pake, “jan pali li ken ala ken kama lawa e nasin pali?”, in lipu tenpo[1], number (nanpa) nasin, page 5:
      nasin mani li toki powe kin tawa jan.
      The economic system also lies to people.

Verb

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powe

  1. (uncommon, transitive, intransitive) to lie, to pretend, to deceive, to fake or be false
    • 2021 February 1, kulupu En, “ijo lon pi lon ala”, in lipu kule:
      tenpo mute la, ni li lon: ijo li lon, anu ijo li powe.
      A lot of the time, this is the case: things are true, or things are false.
    • 2022, Hermann Hesse, trans. jan Kala, jan Sitata:
      ona la ale ni li ike li nasa li powe
      To him, all was bad and strange and lying.
    • 2023 January 3, jan Olipija, “nasin pi utala meli mije”, in lipu kule:
      ona [nasin pi utala meli mije] li mama e ike tawa tonsi tan ni: ona la, ‘… meli mije en mije meli li jaki. jan li ante e sijelo ona la, ona li powe li jaki. …’
      It [oppositional sexism] nurtures hatred toward non-binary people because to it, ‘… Masculine women and feminine men are disgusting. If people change their bodies, they are dishonest and disgusting. …’
    • 2023 August 24, mije Luke, “sona musi lili pi ma Antateka”, in lipu tenpo[2], number (nanpa) ma, page 7:
      sitelen pi ma ale la, ma Antateka li suli tawa lukin; taso, ni li powe lili. ma Mewika seli la, ona li lili; taso, ma Elopa la, ona li suli.
      On a world map, Antarctica looks big, but this is a bit deceiving. Compared to North America, it is small, but compared to Europe, it is big.

Usage notes

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In lipu Linku this word is classified as "obscure," being used by 23% of respondents in a poll from 2023.