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'''{{tp|tonsi}}''' is a [[post-pu|post-{{tp|pu}}]] word mainly relating to {{wp|non-binary gender}}, coordinate with {{tp|[[meli]]}} for femininity and {{tp|[[mije]]}} for masculinity. It was coined in 2019 by {{tok|jan inwin}}.<ref name="inwin2019">{{tok|jan inwin}} (@orsetto) (17 July 2019). [//discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/375591429608570881/600881974172712962 Message posted on the <code>#{{tok|sona-musi}}</code> channel of {{tp|ma pona pi toki pona}}]. ''Discord''.</ref>

'''{{tp|tonsi}}''' is a [[post-pu|post-{{tp|pu}}]] word mainly relating to {{wp|non-binary gender}}, coordinate with {{tp|[[meli]]}} for femininity and {{tp|[[mije]]}} for masculinity. It was coined in 2019 by {{tok|jan inwin}}.<ref name="inwin2019">{{tok|jan inwin}} (@orsetto) (17 July 2019). [//discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/375591429608570881/600881974172712962 Message posted on the <code>#{{tok|sona-musi}}</code> channel in the {{tp|ma pona pi toki pona}} Discord server]. ''Discord''.</ref>

==Etymology==

The word {{tp|tonsi}} is derived from {{wp|Mandarin Chinese}} {{lang|zh|{{wt|同志}}}} (''{{lang|zh|tóngzhì}}''), originally meaning "comrade" as in a member of the {{wp|Communist party}}, but nowadays also used to mean a member of the {{wp|LGBT community}}. The word was coined by {{tok|jan inwin}} on 17 January 2019 as a proposal for a {{tp|[[nimi sin]]}} for non-binary gender.<ref name="inwin2019"/> It was informally voted on in a series of polls in the {{tp|[[ma pona pi toki pona]]}} Discord server.<ref>jan inwin (@orsetto) (18 July 2019). [//discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/375591429608570881/601234123763482626 Message posted on the <code>#{{tok|sona-musi}}</code> channel of {{tp|ma pona pi toki pona}}]. ''Discord''.

The word {{tp|tonsi}} is derived from {{wp|Mandarin Chinese}} {{lang|zh|{{wt|同志}}}} (''{{lang|zh|tóngzhì}}''), originally meaning "comrade" as in a member of the {{wp|Communist party}}, but nowadays also used to mean a member of the {{wp|LGBT community}}. The word was coined by {{tok|jan inwin}} on 17 January 2019 as a proposal for a {{tp|[[nimi sin]]}} for non-binary gender.<ref name="inwin2019"/> It was informally voted on in a series of polls in the {{tp|[[ma pona pi toki pona]]}} Discord server.<ref>{{tok|jan inwin}} (@orsetto) (18 July 2019). [//discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/375591429608570881/601234123763482626 Message posted on the <code>#{{tok|sona-musi}}</code> channel in the {{tp|ma pona pi toki pona}} DIscord server]. ''Discord''.

let's redo the vote between the 2

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This is not to say that all non-binary and gender-nonconforming people identify with {{tp|tonsi}}. Beyond personal opinions on the word, some speakers don't use {{tp|tonsi}} by virtue of [[gendern't|avoiding gender words altogether]].

=={{tp|sitelen pona}}==

The {{tp|sitelen pona}} glyph for {{tp|tonsi}} is simplified from the {{w|transgender symbol}}. The glyph was decided by a poll on Reddit, together with 12 other suggestions.<ref>{{tok|kala Asi}} (u/AcipenserSturio) (10 May 2020). [https://www.reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/gh7275/survey_how_would_you_rank_these_glyphs_for_tonsi/ Survey: how would you rank these glyphs for "tonsi"?]. ''Reddit''. Retrieved 9 October 2022.</ref> The original creator of the glyph is unknown. According to {{tok|kala Asi}} while making the poll, she encoutered it and made a stylized version herself.<ref>{{tok|kala Asi}} (@kala_asi) (10 May 2020). [https://discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/301377942062366741/708990800658300948 Message posted on the <code>#{{tok|toki-pona}}</code> channel in the {{tp|ma pona pi toki pona}} Discord server]. ''Discord''.</ref><ref>{{tok|kala Asi}} (@kala_asi) (10 May 2020). [https://discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/301377942062366741/708992721536417812 Message posted on the <code>#{{tok|toki-pona}}</code> channel in the {{tp|ma pona pi toki pona}} Discord server]. ''Discord''.</ref>

==References==