Appendix:Toki Pona/tonsi
Toki Pona
editGlyph origin
editThe sitelen pona glyph represents the transgender symbol (⚧).
Etymology
editFrom Mandarin 同志 (tóngzhì, “comrade, same will/purpose; LGBT+”)
Pronunciation
editAdjective
edittonsi
- (post-pu) non-binary, gender-nonconforming, genderqueer
- 2021, Sonja Lang, Toki Pona Dictionary, →ISBN:
- kijetesantakalu tonsi li lanpan ala lanpan e soko?
- Does the non-binary procyonid steal mushrooms?
- (post-pu, less common) trans, non-cisgender
Usage notes
edit- This word was made by the Toki Pona community after the publication of Sonja Lang's 2014 book Toki Pona: The Language of Good. It has later been recognized as essential vocabulary by Sonja Lang in her 2021 publication The Toki Pona Dictionary and in the Esperanto translation of Toki Pona: The Language of Good.
- According to Linku, this word is classified as "widespread", being used by 83% of respondents in a poll from August 2023.