mije
Pronunciation | /ˈmi |
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Usage | 2023: Common4 (82% , Widespread6↘︎ )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, sir2 , boyfriend2 , guy2 , gentleman2 , transgender man1, man5 , husband3 , cisgender man3
sitelen pona
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 (♂). Another rarer variant overlaps a circle with the letter J (mije3).
sitelen sitelen
The sitelen sitelen glyph for mije is derived from the Early Pagan and Christian symbol for man, of a line with two splits at the top.[2][3] The symbol is bubblyfied into a circular shape and placed on top of a "pedestal", similarly to other gender glyphs.
References
- ↑ "Word Origins". tokipona.org. Archived from the original on 8 August 2002.
- ↑ Gabel, Jonathan (2012). "sitelen sitelen acknowledgements and etymology". Retrieved 16 November 2023.
- ↑ Koch, Rudolph (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.