Appendix:Toki Pona/misikeke

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Toki Pona

Glyph origin

sitelen pona
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sitelen sitelen

Etymology

From Ojibwe mashkiki (“medicine, drug”). Coined by Sonja Lang circa 2007, but only publicly shared in 2019.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmisikeke/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: mi‧si‧ke‧ke

Noun

misikeke

  1. Medicine (e.g. a pill, a vaccine).
    • 2021 October 6, lon Jawin, “pali len pi sitelen sitelen pi nimi ku suli [The secret design of the sitelen sitelen of nimi ku suli.]”, in lipu tenpo‎, nanpa toki, page 4:
      kasi li lon monsi palisa li lon monsi poki ko. ijo ni li kepeken pali e misikeke.
      A plant is below the rod, and on the bottom of the bowl of powder. This object is used to make medicine.

Verb

misikeke

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To be or turn into medicine.
  2. (transitive) To apply medicine to; to medicate, to cure.
    Synonym: pona

Adjective

misikeke

  1. Of or relating to medicine; medical, clinical.

Usage notes

  • This word was created by Sonja Lang before the publication of Sonja Lang's book Toki Pona: The Language of Good (2014) and not included in it. 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 60% of respondents in a poll from August 2023.
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