weka

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meaning

absent, away, distant; remove, get rid of

see also

pini

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 dissapearing 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.

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

pu verbatim

  • ADJECTIVE absent, away, ignored

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

weka sitelen sitelen

sitelen jelo

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sitelen Emosi

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ucsur

U+F1976

luka pona

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