Appendix:Toki Pona/meli
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meli in sitelen pona
Toki Pona
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Glyph origin
[edit]The sitelen pona glyph represents a woman with long hair.
Etymology
[edit]From Tok Pisin meri (“woman, wife”), from English Mary.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]meli
Adjective
[edit]meli
Verb
[edit]meli
- (transitive, intransitive) to be, to become or to make feminine
Usage notes
[edit]- According to Linku, this word is classified as "widespread", being used by 82% of respondents in a poll from August 2023.
Coordinate terms
[edit]Categories:
- Toki Pona terms borrowed from Tok Pisin
- Toki Pona terms derived from Tok Pisin
- Toki Pona terms borrowed from English
- Toki Pona terms derived from English
- Toki Pona terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Toki Pona/eli
- Rhymes:Toki Pona/eli/2 syllables
- Toki Pona lemmas
- Toki Pona nouns
- Toki Pona adjectives
- Toki Pona verbs
- Toki Pona transitive verbs
- Toki Pona intransitive verbs
- tok:Gender