moli

moli is a core content word relating to death.

moli
Pronunciation	/ˈmo.li/
Usage	2023: Core (99% → )2022: Core (99%)
Book and era	nimi pu
Part of speech	Content word
Codepoint	󱤷 U+F1937

Etymology

The word moli is derived from Acadian French mourir, meaning "to die".

Semantic space

The semantic space of moli includes death and killing. It overlaps with that of pini ("to end") and pakala ("broken"), but it tends to refer to irreversible damage.

As an intransitive verb, moli means "to die". As a transitive verb, it means "to kill", as in "to cause to become dead".

soweli li moli e waso

soweli li moli e waso.

The animal killed the bird.

waso li moli　

waso li moli.

The bird is dead.

pu

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

ADJECTIVE  dead, dying

ku

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

death⁵81–100% of respondents, killing⁵81–100% of respondents, dead⁵81–100% of respondents, die⁴61–80% of respondents, dying⁴61–80% of respondents, kill⁴61–80% of respondents, deadly²21–40% of respondents, execution²21–40% of respondents

sitelen pona

The sitelen pona glyph for moli (󱤷) represents a head with eyes crossed out.

An alternative glyph for moli (moli) removes the circle, and may also place the two eyes above a line, representing the mouth. This variant is primarily used in pixelated fonts. The main glyph would require a horizontal resolution of 11 pixels to be legible, while this alternative takes only 7 pixels, fitting into a common 8-pixel-wide character cell with one pixel for spacing.

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Further reading

Wikipesija has a Toki Pona article on
moli.

• "moli" on lipu Linku
• "moli" on lipu Wikipesija
• "moli" on English Wiktionary