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=={{tp|sitelen pona}}==
The {{tp|[[sitelen pona]]}} glyph for {{tp|mi}} ({{sp|mi}}) depicts a hand pointing toward the speaker, viewed from above from their perspective.<ref>{{cite etym sp}}</ref> It may either be drawn straight or curved ({{sp|mi2}}).
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Revision as of 20:43, 13 March 2024
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| Pronunciation | /mi/ |
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| Usage | 2023: Core (100% → )2022: Core (100%) |
| Book and era | nimi pu |
| Part of speech | Content word |
| Codepoint | U+F1934 |
mi is a core content word and the standard first-person pronoun.
Etymology
The word mi is derived from both Esperanto mi, itself from the third-person oblique pronoun in Romance and Germanic languages, and English me.[1]
Semantic space
The word mi is a first-person pronoun, which does not mark number. It can mean I, me, we, and us. As a modifier, it usually implies possession, as in my and our
pu
In the "Official Toki Pona Dictionary" section, the book Toki Pona: The Language of Good defines mi as:
NOUN I, me, we, us
ku
For Toki Pona Dictionary, respondents in ma pona pi toki pona translated these English words as mi:[2]
me5, my5, I5, mine4, our4, myself3, us3, we2, self2, ours2, ourselves2
sitelen pona
The sitelen pona glyph for mi (mi) depicts a hand pointing toward the speaker, viewed from above from their perspective.[3] It may either be drawn straight or curved (mi2).
sitelen sitelen
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. p. 285.
- ↑ ilo Eko. (14 November 2020). "sitelen pona etymology rough draft i guess". Google Docs. Archived from the original on 5 November 2023.
Further reading
- "mi" on lipu Linku
- "mi" on lipu Wikipesija
- "mi" on English Wiktionary