mani

mani
Pronunciation	/ˈma.ni/
Usage	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

The word mani is derived from English money.

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 cows and cattle), 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:

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

The sitelen pona glyph for mani (󱤲) represents the head of a large domestic animal, such as a cow.

See also

• esun