esun

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meaning

לסחור, להחליף, להמיר, לקנות, למכור; שוק, חנות, יריד, בזאר, בית עסק

see also

mani, pana, jo

semantic space · lipamanka

esun is a type of swap or exchange. Usually it's used to mean "buy," "sell," or "trade." The use of a currency isn't required for something to be esun. Trading baseball cards is esun. esun doesn't imply that both parties lose something. Exchanging knowledge is esun, even though neither party loses knowledge. Some interesting extensions of esun I've seen include using esun for breathing, where one trades the air inside them with the outside world. Seeing esun as a swap more than as a type of buying has had it being used far more often these days in my experience.

pu verbatim

  • NOUN market, shop, fair, bazaar, business transaction

ku translations

trading91 shopping88 trade88 deal75 commerce69 purchase67 sales67 buy65 transaction64 market62 sale60 exchange58 sell57 retail56 business48 shop46 commercial36 store36 financial29 enterprise27 economy25 franchise25

usage

core · 99% usage

found in pu

coined pre-pu · 2009

origin

אקאנית · edwamu ‘בשוק’

coined by jan Sonja

listen

kala Asi

jan Lakuse

commentary

לפי סונייה, "esun נאמר [לה] על ידי נהג מונית שדיבר שפה מהשפה האקאנית במערב אפריקה".

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esun

לא מסימן מטבע (מאושר על פי סונייה; אמרה "אני חושבת שהאחד הזה מMikmaq" אבל לא הצליחה למצוא סימן mikmaq דומה).

sitelen sitelen

esun sitelen sitelen

sitelen jelo

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sitelen Emosi

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ucsur

U+F190B

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