Appendix:Toki Pona/meso

Toki Pona

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Etymology

From Greek μέσος (mésos, “middle, intermediate, moderate, between”). Coined by jan Olipija in 2020.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeso/

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• Hyphenation: me‧so

Noun

meso

1. middle, midpoint
2. space inside or between

Adjective

meso

1. medium, mediocre
2. neither one nor the other, neither fully is nor fully isn't

Verb

meso

1. (transitive, intransitive) to be or to turn medium or mediocre

Synonym

• insa

Usage notes

• This word was created by the Toki Pona community after the publication of Sonja Lang's book Toki Pona: The Language of Good (2014). It has since been recognized as essential vocabulary (nimi ku suli) by Lang in her 2021 publication The Toki Pona Dictionary.

• According to Linku, this word is classified as "common", being used by 52% of respondents in a poll from August 2023.