meaning
absent, away, distant; remove, get rid of
see also
semantic space · lipamanka
weka describes distance. It is similar to other location words in that it can describe a place, but instead of describing a specific relation to proximity, it describes the lack thereof. Hence, weka describes a place that is not nearby. This could be outside a house or simply outside of reality. It can describe the act of disappearing or vanishing. Transitively, it can mean the act of removal or stealing. weka can also be more passive as an action, such as ignoring, just as easily as it can be an active action like getting rid of something.
pu verbatim
- ADJECTIVE absent, away, ignored
ku translations
removal100 rid100 remove93 apart80 eliminate80 omit80 away73 missing73 absence71 loss69 delete67 dismiss67 distant64 leave64 abandon63 far60 vanish60 avoid47 disappear47 exclude45 out45 distance42 escape42 drain40 flee38 reject33 withdraw33 ban31 exit31 resign31 sweep31 separation30 skip29 strip29 fade27 lack27 wipe27 lose25 remote25 separate25
usage
core · 100% usage
found in pu
coined pre-pu
origin
Dutch · weg ‘away, gone’
coined by jan Sonja
listen
kala Asi
jan Lakuse
sitelen pona
weka“poof lines”; indicating the movement of something disappearing
sitelen sitelen
sitelen jelo
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sitelen Emosi
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ucsur
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