mani

mani is a content word relating to money and currency.

mani
Pronunciation	/ˈma.ni/
Usage	2023: Core (99% ↗︎ )2022: Core (97%)
Book and era	nimi pu
Part of speech	Content word
Codepoint	󱤲 U+F1932

Etymology

The word mani is derived from English money.

Semantic space

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

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

For Toki Pona Dictionary, respondents in ma pona pi toki pona translated these English words as mani:

money⁵81–100% of respondents, cash⁵81–100% of respondents, monetary⁵81–100% of respondents, currency⁵81–100% of respondents, treasure⁴61–80% of respondents, wealth⁴61–80% of respondents, worth⁴61–80% of respondents, cattle⁴61–80% of respondents, dollar⁴61–80% of respondents, financial⁴61–80% of respondents, funding³41–60% of respondents, fiscal³41–60% of respondents, wage³41–60% of respondents, fee³41–60% of respondents, cost³41–60% of respondents, valuable³41–60% of respondents, pension²21–40% of respondents, expense²21–40% of respondents, economic²21–40% of respondents, fund²21–40% of respondents, revenue²21–40% of respondents, budget²21–40% of respondents, salary²21–40% of respondents, credit²21–40% of respondents, compensation²21–40% of respondents, earnings²21–40% of respondents, price²21–40% of respondents, value²21–40% of respondents, income²21–40% of respondents, subsidy²21–40% of respondents, profit²21–40% of respondents, cow²21–40% of respondents, toll²21–40% of respondents, payment²21–40% of respondents, large domesticated animal²21–40% of respondents, wealthy²21–40% of respondents

sitelen pona

Coin with the sitelen pona glyph for mani

The sitelen pona glyph for mani (󱤲), according to jan Sonja, represents the head of a cattle animal, such as a cow.

sitelen sitelen

The sitelen sitelen glyph for mani (manimani) possibly represents a gem stone.

See also

• esun

Further reading

• "mani" on lipu Linku
• "mani" on lipu Wikipesija
• "mani" on English Wiktionary