melome and mijomi
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| Pronunciation | /ˈme |
|---|---|
| Usage | 2023: Obscure (7% → ) Most speakers don't understand this word.2022: Obscure (7%)
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| Book and era | No book (post-pu) |
| Part of speech | Content word |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmi |
|---|---|
| Usage | 2023: Obscure (7% → ) Most speakers don't understand this word.2022: Obscure (7%)
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| Book and era | No book (post-pu) |
| Part of speech | Content word |
melome and mijomi are obscure nimi sin for gay romantic or sexual orientations, respectively sapphic (lesbian) and achillean (gay man).
Etymology[edit | edit source]
The words melome and mijomi were coined by jan inwin in 2017 and are derived from shortening the phrases meli pi olin meli ("women-loving woman") and mije pi olin mije ("men-loving man").[citation needed]
sitelen pona[edit | edit source]
The sitelen pona glyphs for melome (melome) and mijomi (mijomi) are derive from the glyphs for meli and mije, respectively, with the head radical being replaced with the glyph for olin. In melome, the radical for olin is inverted upside-down to avoid confusion with nena olin. They were designed by nimi Elemenopi in July 2020.[1][2]
See also[edit | edit source]
Further reading[edit | edit source]
- "melome" on lipu Linku
- "mijomi" on lipu Linku
- ↑ nimi Elemenopi [u/ElemenopiTheSequel]. (26 July 2020). "I made a sitelen pona glyph for every non-pu word in the "nimi ale pona" dictionary". r/tokipona. Reddit. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
- ↑ nimi Elemenopi [u/ElemenopiTheSequel]. (15 August 2020). "Here are the official glyphs for the 1b words in the NA". r/OffThePu. Reddit. Retrieved 15 August 2024. "[Key: black] = original, made by me".