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==Etymology==
The word {{tp|tonsi}} is derived from {{w|Mandarin Chinese}} {{lang|zh|{{
==Semantic space==
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{{tp|tonsi}} is also sometimes used with the broader, alternative meaning of {{w|transgender}}. This is contentious as some non-binary people do not identify with the trans label, and they and binary trans people may not want their experiences to be conflated. Due to the core definition of {{tp|tonsi}}, describing binary trans people as {{tp|meli tonsi}} or {{tp|mije tonsi}} might be construed to imply that they are not fully women or men, especially as there is no coordinate term to specify {{w|cisgender}} {{tp|meli}} and {{tp|mije}}.
According to the data in the {{lipu ku|en}}, {{tp|tonsi}} has also been used to describe {{w|intersexuality}}.<ref>{{cite ku|381}}</ref>
==={{tp|ku}}===
For {{lipu ku|en}}, respondents in {{tp|[[ma pona pi toki pona]]}} translated these English words as {{tp|tonsi}}:
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=={{tp|sitelen pona}}==
[[File:Tonsi - Nonbinary in Toki Pona.svg|200px|thumb|The {{tp|sitelen pona}} glyph for {{tp|tonsi}} with the nonbinary flag colors]]
The {{tp|[[sitelen pona]]}} glyph for {{tp|tonsi}} is derived from the {{w|transgender symbol}}. The glyph was chosen by a poll on Reddit, decided from a total of 13 proposals.<ref name="asi2020a"/><ref name="asi2020b"/> The original creator of the glyph is unknown. According to {{tok|kala Asi}} at the time of making the poll, she encountered it and made a stylized version herself.<ref name="asi2020c"/><ref name="asi2020d"/>
=={{tp|sitelen sitelen}}==
[[File:Lipu tenpo nanpa akesi - tonsi.png|200px|thumb|The {{tp|sitelen sitelen}} glyph for {{tp|tonsi}} with the nonbinary flag colors]]
The {{tp|[[sitelen sitelen]]}} glyph for {{tp|tonsi}} was coined in 2020.{{citation needed}} It possibly is derived from the
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