moli
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| Pronunciation | /ˈmo.li/ (listen) |
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| Usage | 2023: Core (99% → ) 2022: Core (99%) |
| Book and era | nimi pu |
| Part of speech | Content word |
| Codepoint | U+F1937 |
moli is a core content word relating to death.
Etymology[edit | edit source]
The word moli is derived from Acadian French mourir, meaning "to die".[1]
Semantic space[edit | edit source]
The semantic space of moli includes death and killing.[2] Its semantic space overlaps with that of pini ("to end").
As an intransitive verb, pini means "to die". While as a transitive verb, it means "to kill", as in "to cause to become dead".
soweli li moli e wasosoweli li moli e waso.
The animal killed the bird.
waso li moliwaso li moli.
The bird is dead.
pu[edit | edit source]
In the "Official Toki Pona Dictionary" section, the book Toki Pona: The Language of Good defines moli as:
ADJECTIVE dead, dying
ku[edit | edit source]
For Toki Pona Dictionary, respondents in ma pona pi toki pona translated these English words as moli:[3]
death5, killing5, dead5, die4, dying4, kill4, deadly2, execution2
sitelen pona[edit | edit source]
The sitelen pona glyph for moli represents a Radicals with eyes crossed out.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Word Origins. Archived from the original on 2 November 2019. Toki Pona.
- ↑ lipamanka. "toki pona dictionary". lipamanka.gay.
- ↑ Lang, Sonja (2021). Toki Pona Dictionary. Illustrated by Vacon Sartirani. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292362. p. 287.