Appendix:Toki Pona/ale

Glyph origin

 * : From the infinity symbol.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) everything, anything
 * 2) life, existence
 * 3) the universe, everything that exists
 * 4) abundance, plenty
 * 1) abundance, plenty
 * 1) abundance, plenty

Adjective

 * 1) all, every, each, any
 * 2) entire, whole; complete, full, total
 * 3) abundant, countless, bountiful, plentiful
 * 4) universal
 * 5) comprehensive, thorough
 * 6) general

Verb

 * 1)  to pervade, to be everything or in every part
 * 2)  to commodify, to make universal or thorough
 * 3)  to generalize

Numeral

 * 1) one hundred

Usage notes
The words ale and  can be used interchangeably.

The alternative form ali was originally introduced by Sonja Lang in 2002 as an equal variant of ale, following feedback that the word  is pronounced identically to ale in some accents. ali became the most common form for a while until the mid-2010s. As of the early 2020s, ale is significantly more commonly used than ali.

In lipu Linku, a Toki Pona dictionary, the word ale is classified as "core" vocabulary, and ali is classified as an "uncommon" word, based on them being used by 90% and 32% of Toki Pona speakers respectively, according to a poll from August 2023.