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==Origin==
{{Historical}}
The semantic space of {{tp|tonsi}} originally proposed was broader than the accepted version. It meant "break normative boundaries," and with {{tp|[[jan]]}} would refer to nonbinary folks.<ref>{{cite Discord|author=jan inwin|username=orsetto|date=2019-07-16|url=https://discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/375591429608570881/600857762561523732|server=ma pona pi toki pona|channel=sona-pona}}<blockquote>we were thinking the word could generally mean “break normative boundaries” or the like, but w words like jan it would mean nonbinary, & with meli/mije could specify trans women/men<br/>
like<br/>
pali mapu/soka(/whatever word we ultimately choise) could mean radical activism or smthg<br/>
utala soka/mapu - r e v o l u t i o n</blockquote></ref><ref>{{cite Discord|channel=sona-pona|server=ma pona pi toki pona|date=2019-07-16|author=jan inwin|username=orsetto|url=https://discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/375591429608570881/600882993938300938}}<blockquote>on it's own it will mean "nonbinary/gender-non-conforming" (or even more generally, "breaking normative boundaries")<br/>
when applied to other gender words it can mean different flavors of "trans"</ref> {{tp|tonsi}} was also not the original form of the word. Other proposals included:
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* {{tp|ateka}} ← Irish *aiteach* "queer, LGBT+"
* {{tp|maku}} ← Hawaiʻian *māhū* "gender-non-conforming, trans"
* {{tp|mapu}} ← see ^
* {{tp|netuma}} ← Esperanto *neduuma* "nonbinary"
* {{tp|oju}} ← Welsh *hoyw* "happy, jolly → gay"
* {{tp|pawasi}} ← Sanskrit *Pārvatī* पार्वती , a deity who makes up the composite androgynous deity *Ardhanārīśvara* अर्धनारीश्वर
* {{tp|siwa}} ← Sanskrit *Śiva* शिव, see ^
* {{tp|soka}} ← Swahili *shoga* "gay/effeminate," sometimes used to refer to a distinct gender category (particular in Kenya)
* {{tp|wino}} ← Finnish *vino* "askew, oblique; queer, LGBT+"<ref>{{cite Discord|author=jan inwin|username=orsetto|date=2019-07-16|url=https://discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/375591429608570881/600905187770499084|server=ma pona pi toki pona|channel=sona-musi|urldate=2024-01-30}}</ref>
</blockquote>
==Adoption==
The speaking community widely considers {{tp|tonsi}} to be a crucial addition to [[Toki Pona]], referring to it as an honorary {{tp|[[nimi pu]]}} to give it equal consideration to {{tp|meli}} and {{tp|mije}} in spite of [[pu-rism|{{tp|pu}}-rism]]. In the "Notes on {{tp|lipu pu}}" section of the ''[[Toki Pona Dictionary]]'', {{tok|[[jan Sonja]]}} endorses the effort:<ref>{{cite ku|6}}</ref>
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