musi
musi is a core content word relating to art and entertainment.
Pronunciation | /ˈmu |
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Usage | 2023: Core (100% → )2022: Core (100%) |
Book and era | nimi pu |
Part of speech | Content word |
Codepoint | U+F193B |
Etymology
The word musi is derived from Esperanto amuzi, meaning "to amuse, to entertain".[1]
Semantic space
The semantic space of musi includes that which is artistic, entertaining, humorous, or interesting, such as things or ideas with those properties, the properties themselves, and the abstract concept of them.[2]
pu
In the "Official Toki Pona Dictionary" section, the book Toki Pona: The Language of Good defines musi as:
ADJECTIVE artistic, entertaining, frivolous, playful, recreational
ku
For Toki Pona Dictionary, respondents in ma pona pi toki pona translated these English words as musi:[3]
entertainment5, fascinating2 , humour2 , interesting2 , irony2 , sport2 , enjoy2 , creative2 , playoffs2, fun5 , funny5 , play5 , game5 , comedy5 , art3 , artistic3
sitelen pona
The sitelen pona glyph for musi () possibly represents a lyre or a smile with rosy cheeks.[4]
sitelen sitelen
The sitelen sitelen glyph for musi is a fusion of the [sitelen sitelen#Syllable glyphs|syllable glyphs]] for "u" and "i" with an added horizontal line.
The origin of this line is unclear. It might be taken from the consonant glyph for m, and/or to make it look like a face.
References
- ↑ "Word Origins". tokipona.org. Archived from the original on 8 August 2002.
- ↑ lipamanka. "toki pona dictionary". lipamanka.gay.
- ↑ Lang, Sonja. (18 July 2021). Toki Pona Dictionary. Illustrated by Vacon Sartirani. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292362. p. 289.
- ↑ ilo Eko. (14 November 2020). "sitelen pona etymology rough draft i guess". Google Docs. Archived from the original on 5 November 2023.
Further reading
- "musi" on lipu Linku
- "musi" on lipu Wikipesija
- "musi" on English Wiktionary