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nimisin

This word is often considered musi, indicating that it's sometimes not used in more serious contexts or in toki pona taso conversation. However, it may still be useful to know.

Usage category: rare

Recognition: 13%

Book: none

Coined era: post-pu

Coined year: 2020

any non-pu word; any new word; any joke word

commentary

Mostly used in conversations in English. Likely was popularised by the :nimisin: emote in ma pona, which was originally used to notify Atawan (maintainer of "nimi ale") about newly coined words. In common speech, the meaning got extended to include most or all non-pu words, regardless if they were coined recently or not.

origin

Source Language: toki pona

Etymology: nimi sin

Creator(s): unknown

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