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'''{{tp|sipi}}''' is {{a category}} [[content word]] and {{tp|[[nimi sin]]}} functioning as a {{w|reflexive pronoun}}, as well as relating to the concept of self. It is notably an early example of a word coined by a member of the [[Toki Pona community]] despite being virtually unused.

The word {{tp|sipi}} is derived from {{w|Latin language|Latin}} ''{{lang|la|sibi}}'', which is the {{w|dative case}} of itsthe reflexive pronoun. It was coined by [[Toki Pona Forums]] user spad0103 in 2007.<ref name="forum">{{cite web|url=http://forums.tokipona.org/viewtopic.php?p=2368#p2368|title=Re: Word requests / {{lang|eo|Petoj pri vortoj}}|website=Toki Pona Forums|author=spad0103|date=2007-01-20|access-date=2024-02-05|archive-url=https://archive.is/ShZym|archive-date=2024-02-05}}</ref>

The [[semantic space]] of {{tp|sipi}} includes "ego", "self", or "(one's) own". Aside from a regular content word meaning (evidenced in the example compounds {{tp|nasin sipi/}} and {{tp|pilin sipi}} for "egoism"), the main proposed use was as a reflexive pronoun:

In commonstandard [[Toki Pona]], this would beis expressed by repeating the pronoun: ({{tp|ona li lukin e ona.}}) Optionally, optionally with a {{tp|[[sama]]}} ("same") can be added as a [[modifier]] to make clearclarify that itthe referssecond topronoun has the same entity{{w|referent}} as the first: ({{tp|ona li lukin e ona sama}}).

The word {{tp|sipi}} predated {{tp|[[sitelen pona]]}}; a glyph was later{{wh|when?|date=2024-04-09}} proposed{{wh|by whom?|date=2024-04-09}} so that it could be used in the writing system. The proposed glyph ({{sp|sipi}}) is a circle with an attached arrow pointing to itself, somewhat reminiscent of the other pronoun glyphs. In practice, it is unknown whether the glyph sees significant use.