nasin

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nasin
Pronunciation	/ˈna.sin/ (listen)
Usage	2023: Core (100% ↗ ) 2022: Core (99%)
Book and era	nimi pu
Part of speech	Content word
Codepoint	󱤿 U+F193F

nasin is a core content word relating to physical ways, as well as ways of doing things.

Semantic space

The semantic space of nasin includes physical ways used for travel, such as paths and roads; as well as ways of doing things, such as methods, customs, and doctrines.

Meta usage

When discussing Toki Pona in other languages, the word nasin (short for nasin toki) is used to describe its styles of speech, such as dialects or idiolects.

That said, nothing about this nasin toki is unusual.

pu

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

NOUN  way, custom, doctrine, method, path, road

ku

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

road⁵81–100% of respondents, way⁵81–100% of respondents, doctrine⁵81–100% of respondents, method⁵81–100% of respondents, path⁵81–100% of respondents, avenue⁴61–80% of respondents, manner⁴61–80% of respondents, route⁴61–80% of respondents, direction⁴61–80% of respondents, street⁴61–80% of respondents, trail⁴61–80% of respondents, orientation⁴61–80% of respondents, mode⁴61–80% of respondents, technique⁴61–80% of respondents, system³41–60% of respondents, layout³41–60% of respondents, course³41–60% of respondents, passage³41–60% of respondents, process³41–60% of respondents, track³41–60% of respondents, format³41–60% of respondents, ideology³41–60% of respondents, tactic³41–60% of respondents, custom³41–60% of respondents, aisle³41–60% of respondents, journey³41–60% of respondents, lane³41–60% of respondents, norm²21–40% of respondents, guideline²21–40% of respondents, style²21–40% of respondents, regular²21–40% of respondents, procedure²21–40% of respondents, protocol²21–40% of respondents, order²21–40% of respondents, plan²21–40% of respondents, channel²21–40% of respondents, routine²21–40% of respondents, strategy²21–40% of respondents, pattern²21–40% of respondents, theme²21–40% of respondents, composition²21–40% of respondents, policy²21–40% of respondents, angle²21–40% of respondents, tendency²21–40% of respondents

sitelen pona

The sitelen pona glyph for nasin (󱤿) represents a path, with an arrow through the middle indicating its direction.

sitelen sitelen

The sitelen sitelen glyph for nasin is derived from a stylized and "bubblified" version of the Chinese character 道 (Pinyin: dào), meaning "path". This additionally relates to the Toki Pona philosophy of Taoism.