monsi
Pronunciation | /ˈmon |
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Usage | 2023: Core (99% ↗︎ )2022: Core (97%) |
Book and era | nimi pu |
Part of speech | Content word |
Codepoint | U+F1938 |
monsi is a core content word, used as a spatial word, relating to the physical rear.
Etymology
The word monsi is derived from Acadian French mon tchu, meaning "my ass", a dialectal variant of mon cul.[1]
Semantic space
The semantic space of monsi, when used as spatial word, includes something physically in the rear. In relation of human body, it usually refers to the back and buttocks.
pu
In the "Official Toki Pona Dictionary" section, the book Toki Pona: The Language of Good defines monsi as:
NOUN back, behind, rear
ku
For Toki Pona Dictionary, respondents in ma pona pi toki pona translated these English words as monsi:
butt5, behind2, back (anatomy)4 , ass4
sitelen pona
The sitelen pona glyph for poka represents a open box radical, rotated with an opening on the right, with a location dot on the left, behind it from the convention writing direction. Compare glyphs for anpa, insa, poka, sinpin, as well as the secular version of sewi.
References
- ↑ "Word Origins". tokipona.org. Archived from the original on 8 August 2002.
Further reading
- "monsi" on lipu Linku
- "monsi" on lipu Wikipesija
- "monsi" on English Wiktionary