Etymology

nimisin

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Today it means: A neologism (or other word not in common use) in Toki Pona. Full definition →

tok nimi sin ← Finnish nimi ← Mandarin 新
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The story

  1. Mandarin · derived from新“new, fresh”
  2. Finnish · derived fromnimi
  3. tok · borrowed fromnimi sin
  4. English todaynimisin

From Toki Pona nimi sin (literally “new word”), formed from nimi (“word”) (from Finnish nimi) + sin (“new”) (from Mandarin 新 (xīn, “new, fresh”)).

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