musi

musi
Pronunciation	/ˈmu.si/
Usage	2023: Core (100% → )2022: Core (100%)
Book and era	nimi pu
Part of speech	Content word
Codepoint	󱤻 U+F193B

musi is a core content word relating to art and entertainment.

Etymology

The word musi is derived from Esperanto amuzi, meaning "to amuse, to entertain".

Semantic space

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The semantic space of musi includes things considered artistic, entertaining, humorous, or interesting. It is often used as a headnoun for games.

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:

entertainment⁵81–100% of respondents, fun⁵81–100% of respondents, funny⁵81–100% of respondents, play⁵81–100% of respondents, game⁵81–100% of respondents, comedy⁵81–100% of respondents, art³41–60% of respondents, artistic³41–60% of respondents, fascinating²21–40% of respondents, humour²21–40% of respondents, interesting²21–40% of respondents, irony²21–40% of respondents, sport²21–40% of respondents, enjoy²21–40% of respondents, creative²21–40% of respondents, playoffs²21–40% of respondents

sitelen pona

The sitelen pona glyph for musi possibly represents a pictogram of a smile with rosy cheeks or a lyre.^{[citation needed]}This claim needs references to reliable sources.