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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]]. However, it is virtually unused.

'''{{tp|sipi}}''' is {{a category}} [[content word]] and {{tp|[[nimi sin]]}} functioning as a {{w|Reflexive pronoun|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]]. However, it is virtually unused.

==Etymology==

The word {{tp|sipi}} is derived from {{w|Latin language|Latin}} ''{{lang|la|sibi}}'', ~~which is~~ the {{w|dative case}} of ~~its~~ reflexive pronoun. It was coined by 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 word {{tp|sipi}} is derived from {{w|Latin language|Latin}} ''{{lang|la|sibi}}'', the {{w|dative case}} of the reflexive pronoun. It was coined by 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>

==Semantic space==

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/pilin sipi}} for "egoism"), the main proposed use was as a reflexive pronoun:

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:

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