mani
mani is a content word relating to money and currency.
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Pronunciation | /ˈma |
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Usage | 2023: Core (99% ↗︎ )2022: Core (97%) |
Book and era | nimi pu |
Part of speech | Content word |
Codepoint | U+F1932 |
Etymology
Semantic space
The semantic space of mani includes anything related to money and wealth, that is, any item accepted as payment. Some examples include coins, paper bills, gold (used as a currency system until the 20th century), cryptocurrency, large domestic animals (such as cattle; compare the etymology of English fee), and rei stones.
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
ku
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
The sitelen pona glyph for mani () represents the head of a large domestic animal, such as a cow.[3]
sitelen sitelen
See also
References
- ↑ "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 posted in the
#pana-sona
channel in the ma pona pi toki pona Discord server]. Discord. "it comes from the secondary meaning of mani, i.e. large domesticated animal".
Further reading
- "mani" on lipu Linku
- "mani" on lipu Wikipesija
- "mani" on English Wiktionary