Appendix:Toki Pona/ike
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ike in sitelen pona
Toki Pona
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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