mani
Pronunciation | /ˈma |
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Usage | 2024: Core (99% → )2023: Core (99% ↗︎ )2022: Core (97%) |
Book and era | nimi pu |
Part of speech | Content word |
Codepoint | U+F1932 |
mani is a content word relating to money and currency.
Etymology[edit | edit source]
The word mani is derived from English money.[1] Regarding the sense of "large domesticated animal", compare for example the etymology of fee.
Semantic space[edit | edit source]
The semantic space of mani includes wealth and money, that is, any item accepted as payment or which is otherwise valuable.
Some examples include coins, paper bills, gold (used as a currency system until the 20th century), cryptocurrency, or large domestic animals (such as cattle). In other cultures, other objects may be considered currency.
pu[edit | edit source]
In the "Official Toki Pona Dictionary" section, the book Toki Pona: The Language of Good defines mani as:
NOUN money, cash, savings, wealth; large domesticated animal
The phrasing of this definition has exacerbated the usage of mani as "large domestic animal", despite many modern cultures not considering cattle as currency anymore.
ku[edit | edit source]
For Toki Pona Dictionary, respondents in ma pona pi toki pona translated these English words as mani:[2]
money5, pension2 , expense2 , economic2 , fund2 , revenue2 , budget2 , salary2 , credit2 , compensation2 , earnings2 , price2 , value2 , income2 , subsidy2 , profit2 , cow2 , toll2 , payment2 , large domesticated animal2 , wealthy2, cash5 , monetary5 , currency5 , treasure4 , wealth4 , worth4 , cattle4 , dollar4 , financial4 , funding3 , fiscal3 , wage3 , fee3 , cost3 , valuable3
sitelen pona[edit | edit source]
The sitelen pona glyph for mani (), according to jan Sonja, represents the head of a cattle animal, such as a cow.[3]
sitelen sitelen[edit | edit source]
The sitelen sitelen glyph for mani (mani) possibly represents a gem stone.
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Word Origins". tokipona.org. Archived from the original on 8 August 2002.
- ↑ Lang, Sonja. (18 July 2021). Toki Pona Dictionary. Illustrated by Vacon Sartirani. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292362. pp. 282–283.
- ↑ jan Sonja [@sonjalang]. (1 September 2021). Message in
#pana-sona
. ma pona pi toki pona. Discord. "it comes from the secondary meaning of mani, i.e. large domesticated animal".
Further reading[edit | edit source]
- "mani" on lipu Linku
- "mani" on lipu Wikipesija
- "mani" on English Wiktionary