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[[File:Mars symbol (fixed width).svg|200px|thumb|Alternate version of the {{tp|sitelen pona}} glyph]]
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The {{tp|[[sitelen pona]]}} glyph for {{tp|mije}} ({{UCSUR char|{{codepoint|mije}}}}) represents a person with wider shoulders. An alternate glyph variant ({{sp|1=<span style="font-feature-settings:'cv82';">mije</span>|font="sitelen seli kiwen asuki"}}) is derived from the planetary {{w|gender symbol}} also used for {{w|Mars}} (&male;). Another rarer variant overlaps a circle with the letter J ({{sps|mije3|font="sitelen seli kiwen asuki"}}), created by [[User:Jan Deni|jan Deni]].
The {{tp|[[sitelen pona]]}} glyph for {{tp|mije}} ({{UCSUR char|{{codepoint|mije}}}}) represents a person with wider shoulders. An alternate glyph variant ({{sp|1=<span style="font-feature-settings:'cv82';">mije</span>|font="sitelen seli kiwen asuki"}}) is derived from the planetary {{w|gender symbol}} also used for {{w|Mars}} (&male;).


=={{tp|sitelen sitelen}}==
=={{tp|sitelen sitelen}}==

Revision as of 20:26, 31 March 2024

mije in sitelen pona
mije in sitelen sitelen
Pronunciation /ˈmi.je//j/ sounds like English Y, as in "fjord" or "hallelujah".
Usage 2023: Common4, Widespread6 (82% ↘︎ )2022: Widespread (89%)
Book and era nimi pu
Part of speech Content word
Codepoint 󱤵 U+F1935

mije is a common content word relating to masculinity. It is coordinate with meli for femininity and tonsi for non-binary genders.

Etymology

The word mije is derived from Finnish mies, meaning "man, husband".[1]

Semantic space

The semantic space of mije includes masculinity and masculine people, such as men and boys, be them cisgender or transgender. It may refer to one's husband, as in mije mi.

Speakers adherent to gendern't philosophy reject using the word mije by virtue of avoiding gender word altogether.

pu

In the "Official Toki Pona Dictionary" section, the book Toki Pona: The Language of Good defines mije as:

NOUN  man, male, masculine person; husband

ku

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

male5, man5, husband3, cisgender man3, sir2, boyfriend2, guy2, gentleman2, transgender man1

sitelen pona

Alternate version of the sitelen pona glyph

The sitelen pona glyph for mije (󱤵) represents a person with wider shoulders. An alternate glyph variant (mije) is derived from the planetary gender symbol also used for Mars (♂).

sitelen sitelen

The sitelen sitelen word glyph for mije (mije) is derived from an Early Pagan and Christian symbol for man, of a line with two splits at the top (similar to Ⲯ).[2][3] The symbol is bubblyfied into a circular shape and placed on top of a "pedestal", similarly to other gender glyphs.

References

  1. "Word Origins". tokipona.org. Archived from the original on 8 August 2002.
  2. Gabel, Jonathan. (29 May 2012). "sitelen sitelen acknowledgements and etymology". Jonathan Gabel. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  3. Koch, Rudolph. (29 May 1955). The book of signs, which contains all manner of symbols used from the earliest times to the Middle Ages by primitive peoples and early Christians. Dover Books. ISBN 978-7-240-01716-6. p. 9.