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|colspan="2" style="text-align:center;width:240px;"|<div style="font-size:larger;font-weight:bold;">[[sitelen Lasina|<span style="color:#202122;"><span class="toki-pona"><bdi lang="tok" title="Toki Pona">wekama</bdi></span></span>]]</div><span class="mw-no-invert" style="mix-blend-mode:multiply;"><div style="display:inline-block;width:50%;">[[File:Sitelen seli kiwen - wekama.png|60x60px|link=sitelen pona|alt=wekama in sitelen pona|<span class="toki-pona"><bdi lang="tok" title="Toki Pona">wekama</bdi></span> in <span class="toki-pona"><bdi lang="tok" title="Toki Pona">[[sitelen pona]]</bdi></span>]][[Category:Words with sitelen pona glyphs]]</div></span>
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'''{{tp|wi}}''' is {{a category}} [[content word]], and an alternative first-person [[pronoun]] to {{tp|mi}}, specifically for the {{w|Clusivity|exclusive "we"}}.
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!style="font-size:smaller;text-align:start;width:80px;"|[[Phonology|Pronunciation]]
|[[w:International Phonetic Alphabet|<span title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet" class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" style="cursor:help;font-family:Gentium,'Gentium Plus',GentiumAlt,'DejaVu Sans','Segoe UI','Lucida Grande','Charis SIL','Doulos SIL','TITUS Cyberbit Basic','Code2000','Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;">/ˈwe<wbr />.ka<wbr />.ma/</span>]]<nowiki /> [[:Media:Toki Pona - kala Asi - wekama.ogg|<span alt="Listen to kala Asi pronounce this word" title="Listen to kala Asi" style="cursor:help;">&#x1F50A;</span>]]
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!style="font-size:smaller;text-align:start;width:80px;"|[[Usage categories|Usage]]
|class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-collapsetext="&minus;" data-expandtext="&plus;"|<small class="mw-collapsible-content">'''2023:'''</small> Obscure <small>(5%&nbsp;&RightArrow;&nbsp;)</small><span style="background:#fef6e7;border:1px solid #fc3;color:#000;display:block;font-size:smaller;margin:0.2em -0.2em;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">[[File:Ambox warning pn.svg|12x12px|baseline|Caution:]] Most speakers <span style="color:#d33;">'''don't understand'''</span> this word.</span><span class="mw-collapsible-content"><small>'''2022:'''</small> Obscure <small>(5%)</small><br /></span>
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!style="font-size:smaller;text-align:start;"|[[Book presence|Book]] and [[Eras|era]]
|[[nimi sin|No book]] <small>([[post-pu|post-<span class="toki-pona"><bdi lang="tok" title="Toki Pona">pu</bdi></span>]])</small>[[Category:nimi sin]][[Category:post-pu]]
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!style="font-size:smaller;text-align:start;"|[[Parts of speech|Part of speech]]
|[[Content words|Content word]][[Category:Content words]]

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'''<span class="toki-pona"><bdi lang="tok" title="Toki Pona">wi</bdi></span>''' is an obscure [[content word]] relating to .


==Etymology==
==Etymology==
The word <span class="toki-pona"><bdi lang="tok" title="Toki Pona">wi</bdi></span> is derived from [[w:|w:]] ''<bdi lang="" title=""></bdi>'', meaning "". It was coined by in .
The word {{tp|wi}} is derived from {{bor|en|we}}. It was coined by {{tok|[[jan inwin]]}} in 2017.


==Semantic space==
==Semantic space==
The word {{tp|wi}} is an {{w|Clusivity|exclusive}} first-person [[pronoun]]. That is, it can mean "we", "us", and "our" when this group excludes the audience, "you".
The [[semantic space]] of <span class="toki-pona"><bdi lang="tok" title="Toki Pona">wi</bdi></span> includes .


Despite its etymology, {{tp|wi}} does not mark number.{{citation needed|date=2024-03-04}}
==<span class="toki-pona"><bdi lang="tok" title="Toki Pona">sitelen pona</bdi></span>==
The <span class="toki-pona"><bdi lang="tok" title="Toki Pona">[[sitelen pona]]</bdi></span> glyph for <span class="toki-pona"><bdi lang="tok" title="Toki Pona">wi</bdi></span> (<span class="sitelen-pona tooltip-container" ><bdi lang="tok" title="Toki Pona">wi</bdi><span class="tooltip unsitelenponized noexcerpt" aria-hidden="true"><span class="toki-pona"><bdi lang="tok" title="Toki Pona">wi</bdi></span></span></span>) depicts/represents/is derived from/is composed of .


{{Example
|<mark>wi</mark> li lon insa kulupu.{{citation needed|date=2024-03-04|reason=Proof of whether {{tp|wi}} is used with {{tp|li}}}}
|<mark>We</mark> are in the group <mark>(but you are not)</mark>.
|<mark>wi </mark>li lon insa kulupu
}}

{{Example
|ni li soweli <mark>wi</mark>.
|That is <mark>my</mark> pet <mark>(not yours)</mark>.
|ni li soweli <mark>wi</mark>
}}

=={{tp|sitelen pona}}==
The {{tp|[[sitelen pona]]}} glyph for {{tp|wi}} ({{sp|wi}}) is composed of two horizontally flipped glyphs for {{tp|[[mi]]}} ({{sp|mi}}). The reflection may be to avoid confusion with the phrase {{tp|mi mi}} outside of {{w|monospaced font}}s.
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==Further reading==
==Further reading==
* {{R:Linku}}
* "[https://linku.la/?q=wekama <bdi lang="tok" title="Toki Pona">wekama</bdi>]" on <span class="toki-pona"><bdi lang="tok" title="Toki Pona">[[lipu Linku]]</bdi></span>
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{|class="navbox wikitable mw-collapsible " data-collapsetext="&minus;" data-expandtext="&plus;" style="position:relative;width:100%;"
!colspan="2"|<div style="left:2em;position:absolute;right:2em;">[[:List of words|Words]]</div>

|-style="font-size:smaller;"
!style="text-align:end;width:0;"|[[Parts of speech]]
|[[Content words]] ([[Prepositions]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20; [[Preverbs]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20; [[Names]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20; [[Numbers]])&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20; [[Particles]] ([[Semiparticles]])&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20; [[Interjections]]<tr style="font-size:smaller;">
!style="text-align:end;"|[[Word usage|Usage]]
|[[Book presence]] (<span class="toki-pona"><bdi lang="tok" title="Toki Pona">[[nimi pu]]</bdi></span>&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20; <span class="toki-pona"><bdi lang="tok" title="Toki Pona">[[nimi ku]]</bdi></span>)&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20; [[Eras]] ([[Pre-pu era|pre-<span class="toki-pona"><bdi lang="tok" title="Toki Pona">pu</bdi></span>]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20; [[Post-pu era|post-<span class="toki-pona"><bdi lang="tok" title="Toki Pona">pu</bdi></span>]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20; [[Post-ku era|post-<span class="toki-pona"><bdi lang="tok" title="Toki Pona">ku</bdi></span>]])&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20; [[Usage categories]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20; <span class="toki-pona"><bdi lang="tok" title="Toki Pona">[[nimi sin]]</bdi></span>&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20; [[Synonyms]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20; [[Reserved words]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20; [[Place and language names]]
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!style="text-align:end;"|[[Linku#Word usage surveys|Core words]]
|<span class="toki-pona"><bdi lang="tok" title="Toki Pona">[[a]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[akesi]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[ala]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[alasa]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[ale|ale / ali]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[anpa]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[ante]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[anu]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[awen]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[e]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[en]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[esun]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[ijo]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[ike]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[ilo]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[insa]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[jaki]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[jan]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[jelo]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[jo]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[kala]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[kalama]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[kama]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[kasi]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[ken]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[kepeken]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[kili]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[kiwen]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[ko]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[kon]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[kule]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[kulupu]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[kute]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[la]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[lape]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[laso]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[lawa]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[len]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[lete]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[li]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[lili]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[linja]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[lipu]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[loje]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[lon]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[luka]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[lukin]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[lupa]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[ma]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[mama]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[mani]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[mi]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[moku]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[moli]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[monsi]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[mu]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[mun]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[musi]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[mute]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[nanpa]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[nasa]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[nasin]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[nena]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[ni]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[nimi]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[noka]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[o]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[olin]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[ona]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[open]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[pakala]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[pali]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[palisa]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[pan]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[pana]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[pi]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[pilin]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[pimeja]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[pini]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[pipi]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[poka]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[poki]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[pona]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[pu]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[sama]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[seli]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[selo]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[seme]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[sewi]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[sijelo]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[sike]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[sin]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[sina]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[sinpin]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[sitelen]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[sona]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[soweli]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[suli]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[suno]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[supa]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[suwi]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[tan]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[taso]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[tawa]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[telo]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[tenpo]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[toki]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[tomo]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[tu]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[unpa]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[uta]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[utala]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[walo]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[wan]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[waso]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[wawa]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[weka]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[wile]]</bdi></span>
</tr><tr style="font-size:smaller;">
!style="text-align:end;"|[[Linku#Word usage surveys|Widespread&nbsp;words]]
|<span class="toki-pona"><bdi lang="tok" title="Toki Pona">[[kijetesantakalu]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[kin]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[ku]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[leko]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[meli]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[mije]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[monsuta]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[n]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[namako]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[tonsi]]</bdi></span>
</tr><tr style="font-size:smaller;">
!style="text-align:end;"|[[Linku#Word usage surveys|Common words]]
|<span class="toki-pona"><bdi lang="tok" title="Toki Pona">[[epiku]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[kipisi]]*&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[lanpan]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[meso]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[misikeke]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[oko]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[soko]]*</bdi></span><br /><small>* Formerly widespread</small>
</tr><tr style="font-size:smaller;">
!style="text-align:end;"|[[Linku#Word usage surveys|Uncommon words]]
|<span class="toki-pona"><bdi lang="tok" title="Toki Pona">[[apeja]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[jasima]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[kiki]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[kokosila]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[linluwi]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[majuna]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[nimisin]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[oke]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[omekapo]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[powe]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[usawi]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[wuwojiti]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[yupekosi]]</bdi></span>
</tr><tr style="font-size:smaller;">
!style="text-align:end;"|[[Linku#Word usage surveys|Rare words]]
|<span class="toki-pona"><bdi lang="tok" title="Toki Pona">[[isipin]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[kamalawala]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[kapesi]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[misa]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[pake]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[puwa]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[taki]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[te]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[to]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[unu]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20;[[wa]]</bdi></span>
</tr><tr style="font-size:smaller;">
!style="text-align:end;"|[[Recommended learning resources|Resources]]
|[[Dictionaries]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20; [[Glossary]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20; [[Cognates]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20; [[Glosses]]&#x20;&centerdot;&#x20; [[Minimal pairs]]
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Latest revision as of 06:32, 14 May 2024

Caution: The subject of this article is an experimental or hypothetical style that is not understood by most speakers, or is used only in specific small communities. Learners should avoid using it.
Pronunciation /wi/
Usage 2023: Not notable (1% ↗︎ )Caution: Most speakers don't understand this word.2022: Obscure (0%)
Book and era No book (post-pu)
Part of speech Content word

wi is a marginal content word, and an alternative first-person pronoun to mi, specifically for the exclusive "we".

Etymology[edit | edit source]

The word wi is derived from English we. It was coined by jan inwin in 2017.

Semantic space[edit | edit source]

The word wi is an exclusive first-person pronoun. That is, it can mean "we", "us", and "our" when this group excludes the audience, "you".

Despite its etymology, wi does not mark number.[citation needed]

wi li lon insa kulupu

wi li lon insa kulupu.[citation needed…]

We are in the group (but you are not).

ni li soweli wi

ni li soweli wi.

That is my pet (not yours).

sitelen pona[edit | edit source]

The sitelen pona glyph for wi (wi) is composed of two horizontally flipped glyphs for mi (mi). The reflection may be to avoid confusion with the phrase mi mi outside of monospaced fonts.

Further reading[edit | edit source]