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| sp = Tonsi - sitelen pona tan lipu pu pi toki Epelanto.png
| image = Nonbinary flag.svg
| PoS = content word
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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>
 
==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''.
<blockquote><poem>
let's redo the vote between the 2
1️⃣ '''{{tp|mapu}}''' ← Hawaiʻian ''{{lang|haw|''māhū''}}''
2️⃣ '''{{tp|tonsi}}''' ← Mandarin ''{{lang|zh|''tóngzhì}}'' {{lang|zh|同志}}
</poem></blockquote>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! Option
!Response
! Votes
!Respondents
|-
! {{tp|mapu}}
| 1
|-
! {{tp|tonsi}}
| 5
|}
</ref>