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'''{{tp|sina}}''' is {{a category}} [[content word]] and the standard {{w|second-person pronoun}}.

==Etymology==
The word {{tp|sina}} is derived from {{bor|fi|sinä|you|ts=ˈsinæ}}.<ref name="etym">{{cite etym}}</ref>

==Semantic space==
{{Main|Pronouns}}

The word {{tp|sina}} is a second-person pronoun, which is not marked for [[number]]. It can mean both singular and plural ''you'', as well as ''y'all''. As a [[modifier]], it usually implies possession, as in ''your'' and "y'all's".

==={{tp|pu}}===
In the "[[Dictionary (pu)|Official Toki Pona Dictionary]]" section, the book {{pu|en}} defines {{tp|sina}} as:

{{pu def}}

==={{tp|ku}}===
For {{ku|en}}, respondents in {{tp|[[ma pona pi toki pona]]}} translated these English words as {{tp|sina}}:<ref>{{cite ku|342}}</ref>

{{ku data}}

=={{tp|sitelen pona}}==
The {{tp|[[sitelen pona]]}} glyph for {{tp|sina}} ({{sp|sina}}) depicts a hand pointing across from the speaker, viewed from above from their perspective; implicitly, in the direction of the person or audience they are speaking to.<ref>{{cite etym sp}}</ref> It may either be drawn straight or curved ({{sp|sina2}}). It is a {{w|homoglyph}} of the {{w|Arabic numeral}} 6, although the "finger" of {{tp|sina}} generally never curls past the horizontal.

=={{tp|sitelen sitelen}}==
The 2 "bubbles" in the {{tp|[[sitelen sitelen]]}} glyph for {{tp|sina}} ({{ss|sina}}) could represent that {{tp|sina}} is the 2nd person pronoun. Compare {{tp|mi}} ({{ss|mi}}) and {{tp|ona}} ({{ss|ona}}).

==References==
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